Ocean Avenue & Bay Avenue
Ocean Avenue and Bay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,700 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- Ave M Q0.3 milesQ
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- Q …
Southbound
1 line- 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 N, 240 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue N B49, BM3240 feetB49 BM3
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station1,280 feet
- 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2,700 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 329th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,467 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11230
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 44
- Police precinct
- 70
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Midwood
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,200 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 1929 and 1953.
Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Ocean Avenue (east side).
North side of Bay Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Bay Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Ocean Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 309059.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 5 schools
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School620 feet
- Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School620 feet
- Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school850 feet
Show all 9
- Shaare Torah High School-Girls School810 feet
- Promise World Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K990 feet
- Imaginarium Child Pre-K1,050 feet
- Merkaz the Center School1,110 feet
- Ivdu Elementary School1,150 feet
- Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,190 feet
Supermarkets
- Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue N 260 feet
- East 19th Street & Bay Avenue 540 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue N 550 feet
- Avenue N & East 19th Street 600 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue M 620 feet
- East 21st Street & Bay Avenue 700 feet
- Avenue M & East 19th Street 730 feet
- Avenue M & Bay Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along Bay Avenue or Ocean Avenue.