4th Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 81st Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Jewish Center is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
950 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 & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    1,150 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
    1,170 feet
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 78 St/4 Av, 950 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 81 St 18 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1921 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

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

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 81st Street

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

South side of 81st Street

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

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. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    220 feet
  3. St Anselm Church House of worship
    370 feet
Show all 4
  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 81st 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.