4th Avenue & St Marks Place

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and St Marks Place is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pacific Library is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
4 Av/Warren St · B103
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & St Marks Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    840 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/Warren St, 370 feet away, for the B103.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/Warren St B103
    370 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Pl & 4 Ave 27 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of St Marks Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of St Marks Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 332027.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    710 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Exploratory School
    1,080 feet
  2. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    810 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or St Marks 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.