4th Avenue & 89th Street at Forest Place

The five-way junction of 4th Avenue, 89th Street and Forest Place is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Post Offices is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three 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 49 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
4 Av/90 St · S53, S93
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 89th Street at Forest Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    790 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
    1,160 feet
    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/90 St, 380 feet away, for the S53 and S93.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/90 St S53, S93
    380 feet
    S53 S93

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1929.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of 89th 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 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 89th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303645 and 311462.

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
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    260 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    490 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 369 93rd Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet
  5. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue, 89th Street or Forest Place.

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.