4th Avenue & 97th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 97th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Patrick Catholic Academy is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 25 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
4 Av/97 St · B8, B63
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    540 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/97 St, 150 feet away, for the B8 and B63.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/97 St B8, B63
    150 feet
    B8 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 99 St 16 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 4th Avenue & Shore Road, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    180 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1957.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 97th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 97th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fort Hamilton Triangle.

  1. Fort Hamilton War Memorial Obelisk, 1920
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. St Patrick Catholic Academy School
    190 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor School
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    580 feet
  2. John J Carty Park
    630 feet
  3. John Paul Jones Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Hamilton Library
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church House of worship
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 97th 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.