Ocean Avenue & Kings Highway

Ocean Avenue and Kings Highway meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Keontay Jeffrey Rosario Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Corporal Wiltshire Square is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Kings Hwy/Ocean Av · B7, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Kings Highway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy 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 “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ocean Av, 70 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ocean Av B7, B82, B82 SBS · Shelter
    70 feet
    B7 B82 B82 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Keontay Jeffrey Rosario Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 23, 2006 (Local Law 13 of 2006).

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Keontay Jeffrey Rosario Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Ocean Avenue (both sides).

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306514, 311259, 315476, 318495 and 323227.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    530 feet
  3. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    540 feet
Show all 9
  1. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  3. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  4. P.S. 197 - the Kings Highway Academy School
    1,160 feet
  5. Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Promise World Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    60 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    190 feet
  2. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Kings Highway or Ocean Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.