Brighton 1st Place & Brightwater Court

Brighton 1st Place and Brightwater Court meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
930 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl · B1, B68
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton 1st Place & Brightwater Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    930 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coney Island Reliefs” (2010) by Deborah Masters at the Ocean Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl, 510 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl B1, B68
    510 feet
    B1 B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brighton 1st Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brighton 1st Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brightwater Court

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308194 and 312791.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 2001 and 2013.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brighton Playground
    50 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    450 feet
  3. Asser Levy Park
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brighton Beach Library
    580 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 20 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 Brighton 1st Place or Brightwater Court.

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