Ocean Avenue & Avenue R

Ocean Avenue and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,116 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Bnos Esther Malka is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools.

Safety record
28 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Avenue R/Ocean Av · B2, B31
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Avenue R Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/Ocean Av, 60 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue R/Ocean Av B2, B31
    60 feet
    B2 B31

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024
  • Turn calming, September 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,116 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 1928 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue R

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

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School
    690 feet
  3. Bnos Esther Malka School
    1,030 feet
Show all 10
  1. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    1,030 feet
  2. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    1,150 feet
  4. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  5. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  7. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

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 R or Ocean Avenue.

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