4th Avenue & President Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and President Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public Bath No. 7 stands 140 feet away, and Washington Park is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them gardens, and 62 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
15 places
5 gardens, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & President Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Union St R
    120 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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/Carroll St, 920 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and December 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 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of President Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of President Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM SATURDAY 11AM-10PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 309392.

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
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Rivendell School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    770 feet
  2. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    220 feet
  2. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    380 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Green Space at President Street Garden
    710 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    950 feet
  3. Washington Park
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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