4th Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 36th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn, and is also named Captain Dennis Morales Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 958 is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about a minute on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them schools, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
36 St/4 Av · B70
Within a walk
12 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    70 feet
    D N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 45 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” (1998) by Owen Smith at the 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 St/4 Av, 140 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 St/4 Av B70
    140 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 36 St & 4 Ave 30 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Captain Dennis Morales Way, a co-naming enacted on December 30, 2013 (Local Law 154 of 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Captain Dennis Morales Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 36th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY PICK-UP / DROP-OFF ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304439.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    350 feet
  2. Sunset Park High School
    630 feet
  3. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 958 School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 024 School
    900 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,060 feet
  4. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. D'Emic Playground
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 36th Street or 4th Avenue.

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