East 4th Street & Albemarle Road

East 4th Street and Albemarle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls is 860 feet away, and P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
800 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Church Av/E 5 St · B35
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 4th Street & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    800 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 5 St, 760 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 5 St B35 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    760 feet
    B35
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & McDonald Ave 20 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
53 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 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Albemarle Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 17 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or East 4th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.