Neptune Avenue & Brighton 1st Street

Neptune Avenue and Brighton 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Neptune Av/Ocean Pkwy · B4
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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 Neptune Av/Ocean Pkwy, 250 feet away, for the B4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Ocean Pkwy B4
    250 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Neptune Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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 January 2026.

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
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brighton 1st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Brighton 1st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  3. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    720 feet
  3. Mazel Day School
    990 feet
  4. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  5. Little Scholars Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    780 feet

Health care

  1. Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven 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 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 1st Street or Neptune Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.