4th Avenue & 54th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 54th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,123 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Salem Gospel Tabernacle is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
4 Av/53 St · B11
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    1,250 feet
    N R
  2. 45 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/53 St, 150 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/53 St B11
    150 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,123 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 705th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 677 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 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
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and January 2024; 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 54th Street (south side).

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 54th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310585, 334162 and 335466.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 149 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1897.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Risers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Franklin Career Institute Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School Upper School
    1,080 feet
  3. Al Madrasa Al Islamiya School
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Library
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    100 feet
  2. The Light of the World Church House of worship
    110 feet
  3. St Jacobi Lutheran Church House of worship
    130 feet
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  1. Pentecostal Evangelist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church House of worship
    480 feet
  3. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 475 53rd Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 54th Street.

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