Coney Island Avenue & Avenue O

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Coney Island Av/Avenue O, is 120 feet away for the B68, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
20 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue O · B68
Within a walk
16 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue O Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue O, 120 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue O B68
    120 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2000
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2020
  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 62 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 13 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Coney Island Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306484, 311433, 311607, 312925, 313290 and 318210.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor Midwo School
    590 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    1,230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    1,240 feet
  2. Imagine Academy School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendan Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or Coney Island Avenue.

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