4th Avenue & Union Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and Union Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 574 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) is 210 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 60 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Union St R
    90 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/Union St, 830 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & 4 Ave 28 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.1 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
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 44 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 574 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 11AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    240 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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    120 feet
  2. Rivendell School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,030 feet
  2. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    120 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    210 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Green Space at President Street Garden
    960 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.