Ocean Parkway & Avenue R

Ocean Parkway and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,936 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Mirrer Yeshiva High School is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy · B82
Within a walk
18 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue R Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy, 380 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy B82 · Shelter
    380 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,936 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 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 1926 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 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 R

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of Avenue R

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    270 feet
  3. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    900 feet
  2. Sephardic Community Center
    1,060 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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 R or Ocean Parkway.

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