7th Avenue & 41st Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 41st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 169 Sunset Park is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
39 St/7 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bees for Sunset Park” (2012) by Christopher Russell at the 9 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/7 Av, 610 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/7 Av B35, B70 · Countdown sign
    610 feet
    B35 B70
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 41st Street and 7th Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 41 St 25 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
144 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 41st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 41st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Enlightenment Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    70 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center Landmark
    490 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4101 8th Avenue Older adult center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 41st Street or 7th Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.