EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN -- A Brooklyn cyclist was killed in a crash with a van early Friday morning, police said.

Hector Ayala, 41, was biking across Linden Boulevard at Crescent Street when he was struck by a 2018 Dodge Van at about 4 a.m. said police.

Ayala was less than one block away from his home at the Louis Heaton Pink houses when he was hit, according to police.