4th Avenue & Sackett Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Sackett Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 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 70 feet away, and P.S. 133 William A. Butler is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them gardens, and 56 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Sackett Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    350 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
    0.5 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/Union St, 910 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Union St B37
    910 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sackett Street.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & 4 Ave 28 docks in all
    340 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 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, 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
22 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 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 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 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Sackett Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of Sackett Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    1,070 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    1,180 feet
  2. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    70 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    470 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Sackett 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.