Kings Highway & West 4th Street

Kings Highway and West 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highlawn Post Office is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
990 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Kings Hwy/W 4 St · B82
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    990 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave P F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 4 St, 40 feet away, for the B82.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 4 St B82
    40 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of Kings Highway

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

East side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310362 and 316244.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 23 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 Kings Highway or West 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.