7th Avenue & 43rd Street

The three-way junction of 7th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/43 St, is 890 feet away for the B70, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
8 Av/43 St · B70
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/43 St, 890 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/43 St B70
    890 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 42 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
    480 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
160 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Street

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

South side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 36 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.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    280 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
Show all 5
  1. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    60 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center Landmark
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 43rd 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.