4th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
4 Av/Bay Ridge Av · B9
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    80 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/Bay Ridge Av, 30 feet away, for the B9.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/Bay Ridge Av B9
    30 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 4 Ave 16 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Bay Ridge Avenue (north side).

East side of 4th Avenue

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

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-9PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335090, 338343 and 338344.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    490 feet
  2. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    810 feet
  3. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gateway City Academy School
    1,140 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    890 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    300 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 21 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 Bay Ridge Avenue.

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.