Ocean Avenue & Avenue Z

Ocean Avenue and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,727 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Mark Catholic Academy is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue Z · B49
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Avenue Z Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue Z, 60 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue Z B49
    60 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    390 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Turn calming, September 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,727 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 485th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,016 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311862.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    590 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerzee Triangle
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Z 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.