4th Avenue & Garfield Place

The three-way junction of 4th Avenue and Garfield Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 58 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
5 Av/Garfield Pl · B63
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Garfield Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    540 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Garfield Pl, 880 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Garfield Pl B63
    880 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & 4 Ave 31 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Garfield Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM SATURDAY 11AM-10PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Garfield Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    570 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,050 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    400 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    640 feet
  3. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Washington Park
    840 feet
  2. Washington Skate Park
    1,070 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Garfield Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.