Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 1st Street

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brighton Beach Library is 140 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 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
130 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Ocean Pkwy · B1, B68, B102, T464
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    130 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/Ocean Pkwy, 80 feet away, for the B1, B68, B102 and T464.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Ocean Pkwy B1, B68, B102, T464
    80 feet
    B1 B68 B102 T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …
  3. B102 …
  4. T464 …

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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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 2,600 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 1929 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Brighton 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Brighton 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304312, 305649, 308149, 312593 and 321246.

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. 370 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    570 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    620 feet
  3. Century Playground
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brighton Playground
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 22 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 Street 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.