Ocean Parkway & Albemarle Road

Ocean Parkway and Albemarle Road meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 130 the Parkside is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Church Av/E 5 St · B35
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 5 St, 550 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 5 St B35
    550 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Pkwy & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 45 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Albemarle Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    610 feet
  3. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or Ocean Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.