Police recorded 587 crashes on 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, between 2023 and 2025, with 439 people injured and 5 killed. That places it #6 among 1,111 Brooklyn streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 0.8% of the borough's recorded crashes.
Police recorded 175 crashes on this street in 2025, down 0.6% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 130 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on 4th Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 130 | 101 | 0 | 12 | 29 |
| 2025 | 175 | 126 | 0 | 10 | 39 |
| 2024 | 176 | 144 | 2 | 15 | 47 |
| 2023 | 236 | 169 | 3 | 22 | 49 |
| 2022 | 220 | 137 | 1 | 21 | 60 |
| 2021 | 156 | 104 | 1 | 15 | 30 |
Intersections along 4th Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was 4th Avenue & Atlantic Avenue, with 43 crashes in the same period.
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 75 injuries for every 100 crashes on 4th Avenue, above the Brooklyn rate of 57.
Pedestrians accounted for 12% of injuries on 4th Avenue, cyclists for 35% and vehicle occupants for 53%. Pedestrians were 25% of the 4 people killed.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 47 | 12% | 1 |
| Cyclists | 135 | 35% | 2 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 202 | 53% | 1 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 70% of crashes on 4th Avenue. Driver Inattention/Distraction led the list, at 31% of crashes with a known factor, followed by failure to yield right-of-way and other vehicular.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on 4th Avenue by ZIP code, 2023–2025.
How to read these figures
Each figure counts crashes that an NYPD officer reported on the MV-104AN form, which is required when someone is injured or killed or when damage reaches $1,000. One crash can injure several people, so injuries can exceed crashes.
Police do not record the borough or ZIP code for every crash — about 23% of crashes citywide in the same years have no borough — so local totals are a floor, not an exact count. The contributing factor is the one listed for the first vehicle in the report.
Street names in police reports are typed by hand. We merge common spellings (for example "Ave" and "Avenue"), but some crashes on this street may be filed under a variant we could not match.
Source: NYPD crash reports published by NYC Open Data (Motor Vehicle Collisions – Crashes). Data through October 31, 2026. Figures are preliminary and may change. How we calculate these figures.