4th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 61st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about a minute on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and 23 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
190 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
4 Av/60 St · B9
Within a walk
5 places
3 schools, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    190 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
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/60 St, 290 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 St & 4 Ave 19 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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 (Central)
Elevation
88 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 1910 and 1927.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and April 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 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of 61st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 61st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313092 and 313805.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 55 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1899.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 503: the School of Discovery School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 64th Street Community Garden
    820 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 27 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 61st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.