4th Avenue & Butler Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Butler Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center is 850 feet away, and Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
4 Av/Warren St · B103
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Butler Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,130 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/Warren St, 500 feet away, for the B103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/Warren St B103
    500 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Douglass St & 4 Ave 51 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,000 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

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

North side of Butler Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-9PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 308351.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    290 feet
  2. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  3. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    900 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    820 feet
  2. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    850 feet
  3. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    1,260 feet
  2. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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