4th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Andrews Episcopal Church is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
50 St/4 Av · B11
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 53 St R
    490 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 45 St R
    0.3 miles
    R
  2. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/4 Av, 140 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/4 Av B11
    140 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 53 St & 4 Ave 25 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 50th Street (south side).

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309797, 312166 and 332466.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 50 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1898 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Library
    400 feet
  2. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Pentecostal Evangelist Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Light of the World Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Salem Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    1,140 feet
  4. St Jacobi Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 50th Street.

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.