Avenue M & East 4th Street

Avenue M and East 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friends Field is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
910 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M · B9
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    910 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M, 700 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M B9
    700 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hardy rubber tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Avenue M

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305691 and 324045.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS School
    740 feet
  2. Nesivos Bais Yaakov Boys School
    780 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Friends Field
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 4th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.