4th Avenue & 68th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 68th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Baptist Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
4 Av/Bay Ridge Av · B9
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    60 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/Bay Ridge Av, 210 feet away, for the B9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/Bay Ridge Av B9
    210 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 68th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 4 Ave 16 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    280 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 68th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of 68th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304032 and 338343.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Leif Ericson Park.

  1. Leiv Eiriksson Stele by August Werner, 1939
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    650 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    760 feet
  3. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    1,100 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    620 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    560 feet
  3. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 68th Street.

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