Prospect Expressway & 4th Avenue

Prospect Expressway and 4th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Al-Noor School is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
5 Av/Prospect Av · B63
Within a walk
15 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Expressway & 4th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    80 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R
  2. 25 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Prospect Av, 880 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Prospect Av B63
    880 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 17 St 23 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 510 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    990 feet
  3. Al-Noor School
    1,100 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    1,100 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  4. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  5. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  6. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,230 feet
  7. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    970 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or Prospect Expressway.

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