East 4th Street & Avenue I

East 4th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lubavitcher High School is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
900 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Avenue I/E 3 St · B11
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    900 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/E 3 St, 170 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 3 St B11
    170 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    460 feet
  2. Cheder (The) School
    990 feet
  3. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Lubavitcher High School
    1,200 feet
  3. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    1,200 feet
  4. Mevakshai Torah School
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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