4th Avenue & 18th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 18th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,836 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Hellenic Classical Charter School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
360 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
5 Av/18 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 18th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    360 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 25 St R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.5 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/18 St, 920 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/18 St B63
    920 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 17 St 23 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,836 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 70th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 461 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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 September 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 18th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 18th Street

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

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303688.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Al-Noor School
    670 feet
  3. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    800 feet
  2. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    800 feet
  3. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Purple Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 16 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:

See every intersection along 18th Street or 4th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.