Ocean Parkway & Avenue L

Ocean Parkway and Avenue L meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva of Brooklyn is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
31 hurt
54 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M · B9
Within a walk
14 places
10 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue L Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M, 930 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M B9
    930 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2026

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 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 1956.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 110 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-5PM

South side of Avenue L

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 28 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8 AM-8PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 36 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    200 feet
  3. Marilyn David Ivdu Upper Girls Schoo School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Friends Field
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 L or Ocean Parkway.

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.