East 4th Street & Church Avenue

East 4th Street and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 231 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Church Av/E 5 St · B35
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    890 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
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 5 St, 230 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 3 St & Church Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 231 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,574th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 116 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 4th Street

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

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311931 and 337754.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    450 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 28 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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