Avenue U & West 4th Street

Avenue U and West 4th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lady Moody Triangle is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
680 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    680 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    950 feet
    N
  2. 86 St N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 5 St, 160 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3
    160 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Avenue U (south side).

North side of Avenue U

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

East side of West 4th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of West 4th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304562, 306557, 311490 and 312402.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    520 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    270 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.