Avenue U & Ocean Parkway

Avenue U and Ocean Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 121 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Shaare Zion Congregation is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
49 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy · B3
Within a walk
6 places
5 religious buildings and 1 fire station, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Ocean Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy, 110 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy B3
    110 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 48 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 121 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 172nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,271 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Ocean Parkway1211,244
Eastbound on Avenue U–27
Total1211,271

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 69 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304547.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 254/Ladder 153 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Ocean Parkway.

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