East 4th Street & Greenwood Avenue

East 4th Street and Greenwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is 610 feet away, and Thomas J. Cuite Park is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
810 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
McDonald Av/Greenwood Av · B67, B69
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    810 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
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Greenwood Av, 950 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Greenwood Av B67, B69
    950 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwood Ave & E 4 St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
62 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 1899 and 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 4th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. One World Project - Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,210 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenwood Playground
    310 feet
  2. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    700 feet
  3. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Seeley Park
    970 feet
  2. Seeley Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Thomas J. Cuite Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station · landmark
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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

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