Belt Parkway & Ocean Avenue

Belt Parkway and Ocean Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. F.W.I.L. Lundy Brothers Restaurant Building stands 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Ocean Av/Shore Pkwy · B4
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belt Parkway & Ocean Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Shore Pkwy, 160 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Shore Pkwy B4
    160 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival. They were built between 1862 and 1934.

  1. F.W.I.L. Lundy Brothers Restaurant Building Designated landmark
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Nata's Kids Preschool
    910 feet
  2. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    410 feet
  2. Sixteen Lindens Triangle
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    490 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belt Parkway or Ocean Avenue.

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