4th Avenue & Senator Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Senator Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is 350 feet away, and P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
4 Av/Senator St · B9
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Senator Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    290 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R
  2. 77 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/Senator St, 30 feet away, for the B9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/Senator St B9
    30 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 4 Ave 16 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025
  • Turn calming, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Senator Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Senator Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304032 and 330954.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Leif Ericson Park.

  1. Leiv Eiriksson Stele by August Werner, 1939
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    350 feet
  2. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    970 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    320 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park
    390 feet
  3. Millennium Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Senator 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.