Kings Highway & Ocean Parkway

Kings Highway and Ocean Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,216 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy · B82
Within a walk
15 places
11 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & Ocean Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy B82 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,216 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 392nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,803 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305910 and 323563.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    590 feet
  3. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or Ocean Parkway.

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