4th Avenue & 84th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 84th 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 900 feet away, and Our Saviour Luth is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
330 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
4 Av/86 St · S79 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 86 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. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.5 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 4 Av/86 St, 630 feet away, for the S79 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/86 St S79 SBS
    630 feet
    S79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 84th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 85 St 23 docks in all
    320 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
    0.4 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
    1.8 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

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 1921 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and June 2024, 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 84th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 84th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309072, 310227, 312022 and 313303.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    540 feet
  2. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 13 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 84th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.