4th Avenue & 87th Street

The three-way junction of 4th Avenue and 87th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
4 Av/87 St · S93
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    220 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
    0.3 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 4 Av/87 St, 30 feet away, for the S93.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/87 St S93
    30 feet
    S93

Next buses at this stop

  1. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 87 St 20 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 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
    1,300 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 87th Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 87th Street (south side).

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 6AM-8:30AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of 87th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302929, 307947, 309980, 311450, 317310 and 323179.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    570 feet
  3. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    390 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 16 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 87th 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.