4th Avenue & 8th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 8th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Maurice Sendak Community School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
9 St/4 Av · B61
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    260 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R
  2. 7 Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/4 Av, 320 feet away, for the B61.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/4 Av B61
    320 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 9 St 31 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of 8th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 8th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 308989.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    140 feet
  2. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Skate Park
    970 feet
  2. Washington Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    490 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 8th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.