7th Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 47th 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 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 49 St/7 Av, is 620 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
49 St/7 Av · B11
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/7 Av, 620 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 40 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
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.7 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of 47th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 47th Street

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

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 36 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1903 and 1904.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    590 feet
  2. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    1,070 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    850 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Zion Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunset Park Recreation Center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 31 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th 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.