4th Avenue & 90th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 90th 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 Engine 242 firehouse is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
4 Av/90 St · S53, S93
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    920 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    1,040 feet
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/90 St, 130 feet away, for the S53 and S93.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    550 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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
79 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redmond' American linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of 90th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of 90th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 312718.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    510 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    730 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 369 93rd Street Pre-K center
    920 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    940 feet
  4. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  5. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    790 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 14 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 or 90th 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.