4th Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 83rd 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 Catholic Academy is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two 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 42 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
3 Av/83 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 & 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    610 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/83 St, 880 feet away, for the B37.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/83 St B37
    880 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.4 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
    0.3 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 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
74 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 1920 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

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 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302730 and 318563.

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 19 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 83rd 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.