Ocean Avenue & Avenue L

Ocean Avenue and Avenue L meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Midwood is 160 feet away, and Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue L · B9, B49, BM3
Within a walk
26 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Avenue L Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue L, 80 feet away, for the B9, B49 and BM3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue L B9, B49, BM3
    80 feet
    B9 B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B49 …
  3. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 1954.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue L

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Fun Studios Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Merkaz the Center School
    590 feet
  3. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bereshith Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School
    890 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School V School
    890 feet
  4. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    890 feet
  5. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
  6. Ivdu Elementary School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Midwood Jewish Center Listed historic place
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    160 feet
  2. E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1625 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue L or Ocean 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.