Ocean Avenue & Albemarle Road

Ocean Avenue and Albemarle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Marks Church United Methodist is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
20 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd · B41
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd, 730 feet away, for the B41.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd B41
    730 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & E 21 St 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, May 2017
  • Turn calming, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,300 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 1926 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 34 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal, and mostly built between 1916 and 1917.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school
  • 1 theater or concert hall

Schools and child care

  1. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Starting Point Serv - St. Marks School
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Unity East Church Center House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    940 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or Ocean Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.