4th Avenue & Degraw Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Degraw Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public Bath No. 7 stands 730 feet away, and Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about two minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them gardens, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
3 Av/Douglass St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
4 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Degraw Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    610 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Douglass St, 920 feet away, for the B37.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Douglass St B37
    920 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Degraw Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Degraw Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1906 and 1910.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    810 feet
  3. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    320 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    730 feet
  3. Thomas Greene Playground
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Degraw Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, 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.