Ocean Avenue & Crooke Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Crooke Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park is 780 feet away, and Parade Ground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Ocean Av/Caton Av · B16, T464
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Crooke Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkside Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    820 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    860 feet
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Parkside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Caton Av, 280 feet away, for the B16 and T464.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Caton Av B16, T464
    280 feet
    B16 T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Ave & Crooke Ave 27 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 1924 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 299 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crooke Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Crooke Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umma Park
    120 feet
  2. Umma Park Playground
    120 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Crooke Avenue or Ocean Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, 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.