Ocean Avenue & Oriental Boulevard

Ocean Avenue and Oriental Boulevard 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. Manhattan Beach Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Oriental Blvd/Ocean Av, is 70 feet away for the B1 and B49. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
10 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Oriental Blvd/Ocean Av · B1, B49
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Oriental Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Oriental Blvd/Ocean Av, 70 feet away, for the B1 and B49.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Oriental Blvd/Ocean Av B1, B49
    70 feet
    B1 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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 two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and October 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Oriental Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Oriental Boulevard

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. A2z Happyland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manhattan Beach Park
    60 feet
  2. Pat Parlato Playground
    120 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ocean Avenue or Oriental Boulevard.

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