4th Avenue & 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 86th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts is 880 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 66 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
4 Av/86 St · S79 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    80 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. 77 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, 50 feet away, for the S79 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 85 St 23 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, March 2010
  • Turn calming, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1923 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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

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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312025, 314130, 315494 and 316289.

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
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    880 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    990 feet
Show all 9
  1. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  2. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  4. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  5. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    1,210 feet
  6. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    420 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 17 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 86th 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.