Ocean Parkway & Avenue C

Ocean Parkway and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 179 Kensington is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
39 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Coney Island Av/Avenue C · B68
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue C Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue C, 0.3 miles away, for the B68.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue C B68
    0.3 miles
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Pkwy & Ave C 16 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 619 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to seven travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 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 1924 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 86 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue C

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue C

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

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 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
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,070 feet
  2. Shira's Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue C 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.