7th Avenue & 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 49th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion Presbyterian Church is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 49 St/7 Av, is 110 feet away for the B11, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/7 Av, 110 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6418 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
43
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
135 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 49th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 49th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 305743.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1902 and 1904.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 trade or language school

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. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
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  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    1,210 feet
  5. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    410 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 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 49th 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.