Ocean Avenue & Church Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Justin T. Hackley Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 56 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Q Gardens Community Farm is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
38 hurt
56 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Church Av/Ocean Av · B35
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    720 feet
    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. Parkside Av Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Ocean Av, 120 feet away, for the B35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Ocean Av B35
    120 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 56 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2017
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2020
  • Turn calming, April 2024

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
51 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Justin T. Hackley Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,500 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 1927 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Justin T. Hackley Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310456, 332772, 333931, 335118, 336789 and 336790.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1916 and 1918.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    660 feet
  2. Umma Park
    1,260 feet
  3. Umma Park Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    370 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.