Ocean Avenue & Emmons Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Emmons Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 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. Sheepshead Bay Piers is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and 22 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Emmons Avenue.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Emmons Av/Ocean Av · BM3
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Emmons Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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 “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Emmons Av/Ocean Av, 100 feet away, for the BM3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Emmons Av/Ocean Av BM3
    100 feet
    BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Emmons Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2020
  • Turn calming, June 2023

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Emmons Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Emmons Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 20 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 18 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303160 and 312922.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival. They were built between 1862 and 1934.

  1. F.W.I.L. Lundy Brothers Restaurant Building Designated landmark
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Nata's Kids Preschool
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    70 feet
  2. Sixteen Lindens Triangle
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Emmons Avenue or Ocean Avenue.

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