7th Avenue & 42nd Street

The three-way junction of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park Recreation Center is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
39 St/7 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    0.5 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, 870 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 42nd Street and 7th Avenue.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
152 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

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

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 7th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built in 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    540 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    60 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center Landmark
    270 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4101 8th Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 42nd Street or 7th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.