Ocean Avenue & Tennis Court

Ocean Avenue and Tennis Court meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Salem Missionary Baptist Church is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Church Av/Ocean Av · B35
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Tennis Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    1,080 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Ocean Av, 630 feet away, for the B35.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Ocean Av B35
    630 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

  • 101 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Ave & Tennis Ct 23 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Ocean Avenue (east side).

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Tennis Court

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tennis Court

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 333931 and 336790.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 38 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1916 and 1917.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    720 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    900 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ocean Avenue or Tennis Court.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.