Neptune Avenue & Brighton 4th Street

Neptune Avenue and Brighton 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mazel Day School is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St · B4
Within a walk
18 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & Brighton 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St, 80 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St B4
    80 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Neptune Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
5 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.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Brighton 4th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Brighton 4th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    270 feet
Show all 10
  1. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Mazel Day School
    540 feet
  3. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  4. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  5. P.S. 253 School
    970 feet
  6. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
    1,040 feet
  7. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    500 feet

Health care

  1. Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 30 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 4th Street or Neptune Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.