South 4th Street & Hewes Street

South 4th Street and Hewes Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named John Mulhern Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lithuania Square is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
S 4 St/Hewes St · B60
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 4th Street & Hewes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    530 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    1,100 feet
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is S 4 St/Hewes St, 100 feet away, for the B60.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. S 4 St/Hewes St B60
    100 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South 4th Street.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John Mulhern Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John Mulhern Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    340 feet
  3. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    440 feet
  2. Hooper Grove Garden
    640 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ten Eyck Garden
    950 feet
  2. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. Sternberg Park
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewes Street or South 4th Street.

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