4th Avenue & 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 82nd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Anselm Church is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
3 Av/82 St · B37
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    880 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
    0.3 miles
    R

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/82 St, 800 feet away, for the B37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/82 St B37
    800 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    310 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
    0.5 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • 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 six 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

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

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    470 feet
  3. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
Show all 6
  1. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 15 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 82nd 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.