Ocean Parkway & Avenue J

Ocean Parkway and Avenue J meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,916 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, nine of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
39 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue J/Ocean Pkwy · B6
Within a walk
10 places
9 religious buildings and 1 older adult center, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue J Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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
    0.4 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 J/Ocean Pkwy, 190 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/Ocean Pkwy B6
    190 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,916 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 66th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,423 more were issued.

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
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 87 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue J

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

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 32 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or Ocean Parkway.

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