Bedford Avenue & South 4th Street

Bedford Avenue and South 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named David Lopez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Berry Playground is 310 feet away, and La Guardia Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Bedford Av/S 4 St · B62
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & South 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/S 4 St, 100 feet away, for the B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/S 4 St B62
    100 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South 4th Street.

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 3 St & Bedford Ave 25 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

This corner is also named David Lopez Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on David Lopez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire, and mostly built between 1870 and 1883.

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. C'E Montessori School
    340 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. J.H.S. 050 John D. Wells School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Williamsburg School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Berry Playground
    310 feet
  2. Berry Street Garden
    720 feet
  3. Continental Army Plaza
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. La Guardia Playground
    1,260 feet
  2. Bedford Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane Landmark
    690 feet
  3. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 201 South 4th Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 221/Ladder 104 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or South 4th Street.

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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.