Ocean Avenue & Newkirk Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Ocean Av/Newkirk Av · T464
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza 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 “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Newkirk Av, 50 feet away, for the T464.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Newkirk Av T464
    50 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & Cortelyou Rd 23 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ocean Avenue

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

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 127 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1904 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Nativity Church House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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