East 4th Street & Caton Avenue

East 4th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Windsor Terrace Library is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/E 4 St · B16
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    1,130 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. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 4 St, 100 feet away, for the B16.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 4 St B16
    100 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Caton Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & E 2 St 19 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Caton Avenue

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

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    520 feet
  2. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    1,140 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    220 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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