East 4th Street & 18th Avenue

East 4th Street and 18th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
18 Av/E 3 St · B8
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 4th Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    1,010 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/E 3 St, 190 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/E 3 St B8
    190 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 18th Avenue (south side).

North side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302937, 304705 and 306277.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K134 School
    430 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    790 feet
  3. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 10
  1. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  3. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  5. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  6. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,260 feet
  7. Mevakshai Hashem School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    450 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    70 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 16 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or East 4th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.