4th Avenue & 85th Street

The three-way junction of 4th Avenue and 85th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. St Anselm Church is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 68 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    50 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
    0.4 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, 350 feet away, for the S79 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 85th Street.

  • 30 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
    40 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,070 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
71 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 1922 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303826, 307964, 309072 and 312022.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    1,170 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  5. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 85th 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.