Brighton 4th Street & Boardwalk East

Brighton 4th Street and Boardwalk East meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. The corner stands inside Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brighton Playground is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Boardwalk East.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
990 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St · B1, B68
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton 4th Street & Boardwalk East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    1,160 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St, 990 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St B1, B68 · Shelter
    990 feet
    B1 B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Boardwalk East.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2013.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1931.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 2001 and 2013.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 beach
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk.

Schools and child care

  1. Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  2. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Brighton Playground
    580 feet
  3. Beach at Brighton 6th Street Playground
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brighton Beach
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shorefront YM-YWHA Recreation center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Boardwalk East or Brighton 4th Street.

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