Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 1st Place

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 1st Place meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brighton Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
480 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl · B1, B68
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 1st Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    480 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
    1,120 feet
    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, 140 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl B1, B68
    140 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, 0.8 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2017.

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 1927 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brighton 1st Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brighton 1st Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 48 HOUR PARKING DETACHED TRAILERS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Brighton Beach Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303805, 308194, 312190, 312791 and 319621.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 2013.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brighton Playground
    510 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    740 feet
  3. Asser Levy Park
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Century Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brighton Beach Library
    350 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 1st Place or Brighton Beach Avenue.

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