East 4th Street & Avenue O

East 4th Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva of Brooklyn is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Avenue N/E 3 St · B9
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave P F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 3 St, 1,150 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 3 St B9
    1,150 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Avenue O

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

South side of Avenue O

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

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 4th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    820 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Listed historic place
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.