Ocean Avenue & Jerome Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Jerome Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Post Office is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue Z · B49
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Jerome Avenue 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, 240 feet away, for the B49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    210 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

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.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jerome Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Jerome Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    480 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerzee Triangle
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    790 feet
  3. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Stop & Shop 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 19 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jerome Avenue or Ocean Avenue.

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