7th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 45th 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. Brooklyn Baptist Church is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1919 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
49 St/7 Av · B11
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/7 Av, 1,140 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/7 Av B11
    1,140 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

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. 46 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    310 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
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
153 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1919 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Street

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

South side of 45th Street

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

East side of 7th Avenue

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

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built in 1903.

  1. Sunset Play Center Designated landmark
    680 feet

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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    550 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    620 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th 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.