Avenue O & West 4th Street

Avenue O and West 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School is 730 feet away, and Masjid Bait Ul Tahir is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
950 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    950 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave N F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/65 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    0.3 miles
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1937.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue O

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    730 feet
  3. Elyon College
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    750 feet
  2. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    310 feet
  2. Dahill Triangle
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 4th Street.

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