Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 1st Road

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 1st Road meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Asser Levy Park is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
350 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl · B1, B68
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    350 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
    1,240 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, 30 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 1 Pl B1, B68
    30 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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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 2,700 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 1964.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Brighton Beach Avenue (north side).

East side of Brighton 1st Road

  • 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 Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305649, 313510 and 319621.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    620 feet
  2. Brighton Playground
    630 feet
  3. Asser Levy Park
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Century Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 1st Road 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.