4th Avenue & 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 60th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,527 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about a minute on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
130 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
4 Av/60 St · B9
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    130 feet
    N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.3 miles
    R
  2. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/60 St, 70 feet away, for the B9.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/60 St B9
    70 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 59 St & 4 Ave 35 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1,170 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, December 2004
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,527 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 115th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 820 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light 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 (Central)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

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

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 60th Street

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 60th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313805.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 107 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1898.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 503: the School of Discovery School
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology School
    620 feet
  3. School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. MS 936 Arts Off 3rd School
    1,080 feet
  2. Sunset School of Cultural Learning School
    1,080 feet
  3. Young Risers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 64th Street Community Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 60th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.