4th Avenue & 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 48th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pena Herrera Playground is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1903 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
19 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
49 St/4 Av · B11
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    840 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    1,000 feet
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/4 Av, 300 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/4 Av B11
    300 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & 5 Ave 27 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 48th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 48th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301110 and 337747.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 46 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1898 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    850 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Library
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pentecostal Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 40/Engine 201/Ladder 114 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Street or 4th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.