Ocean Avenue & Parkside Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 59 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. In 2026, 585 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Prospect Park is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
50 hurt
59 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Parkside Av/Ocean Av · B12
Within a walk
9 places
3 park features, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Parkside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkside Av, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    190 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q
  2. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.4 miles
    B Q S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Parkside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkside Av/Ocean Av, 40 feet away, for the B12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av/Ocean Av B12
    40 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive, Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Parkside Ave & Ocean Ave 31 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 59 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 50 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 14 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016
  • Turn calming, March 2025
  • Leading pedestrian interval, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 585 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70 and 71 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sassafras.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 99 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2026; 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 8am to 7pm on Parkside Avenue (south side).

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 10AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Parkside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329476, 336843 and 336844.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    150 feet
  2. Umma Park
    390 feet
  3. Umma Park Playground
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rustic Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  2. Parkside Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,090 feet
  3. Rink Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lefrak Center at Lakeside Recreation center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    610 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Drive, Ocean Avenue or Parkside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.