Ocean Avenue & Voorhies Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Voorhies Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ocean Av/Voorhies Av · B4
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Voorhies Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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 “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Voorhies Av, 110 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Voorhies Av B4 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, September 2022

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 four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1934 and 1957.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Sterling' silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Voorhies Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Voorhies Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Aspiring Minds DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  3. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    1,070 feet
  2. Edp School of Computer Programming Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. Nata's Kids Preschool
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Jerzee Triangle
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    140 feet
  2. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ocean Avenue or Voorhies Avenue.

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