Ocean Parkway & Avenue I

Ocean Parkway and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 14,477 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Lubavitcher School Chabad is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1938 and 1964, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
53 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy · B11
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.5 miles
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy B11
    120 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 53 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 14,477 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 2nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 6,297 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Ocean Parkway10,3683,633
Southbound on Ocean Parkway4,1092,664
Total14,4776,297

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to seven travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1938 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Lubavitcher High School
    560 feet
  3. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mevakshai Torah School
    560 feet
  2. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or Ocean Parkway.

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