Ocean Avenue & Quentin Road

Ocean Avenue and Quentin Road meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,185 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kings Highway Library is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Quentin Rd/Ocean Av · B100
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Quentin Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    1,170 feet
    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 Quentin Rd/Ocean Av, 90 feet away, for the B100.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Quentin Rd/Ocean Av B100
    90 feet
    B100

Next buses at this stop

  1. B100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2020
  • Turn calming, October 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,185 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 394th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,072 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Ocean Avenue1,273621
Northbound on Ocean Avenue912451
Total2,1851,072

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1927 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Quentin Road

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

South side of Quentin Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311259 and 315476.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ocean Avenue or Quentin Road.

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