East 4th Street & Avenue S

East 4th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Kings Hwy/E 4 St · B82
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Kings Hwy F
    1,160 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 4 St, 960 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 4 St B82
    960 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1927 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    430 feet
  2. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Community Center
    840 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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