Wythe Avenue & North 4th Street

Wythe Avenue and North 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. MS Lam Montessori School is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 65 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2007 and 2013, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Wythe Avenue & North 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/N 6 St, 440 feet away, for the B32.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/N 6 St B32
    440 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Wythe Avenue.

  • 106 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 5 St & Wythe Ave 39 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 184 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    770 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2007 and 2013.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of North 4th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of North 4th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Wythe Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Kent Avenue Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North 5th Street Pier and Park
    500 feet
  2. William Sheridan Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Marsha P. Johnson State Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 184 Kent Avenue Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at The Edge Public space
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Austin, Nichols & Company Warehouse Listed historic place
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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