7th Avenue & 44th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 44th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of the Sunset Park North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 169 Sunset Park is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
8 Av/44 St · B70
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/44 St, 890 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/44 St B70
    890 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 44th Street and 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.1 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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
157 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING WEDNESDAY 6AM-2PM

South side of 44th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING WEDNESDAY 6AM-2PM

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

The corner stands at the edge of the Sunset Park North Historic District.

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

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    290 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    70 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center Landmark
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th 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.