4th Avenue & 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 78th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Jewish Center is 770 feet away, and Bay Ridge Prep School 2 is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
78 St/4 Av · B4
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    330 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 78 St/4 Av, 110 feet away, for the B4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 78 St/4 Av B4
    110 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 76 St 23 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1923 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 78th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 78th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 25 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  2. St Anselm Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 78th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.