Ocean Parkway & Avenue S

Ocean Parkway and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 26 red-light and 3,633 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sephardic Community Center is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
57 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy · B82
Within a walk
23 places
14 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue S Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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, 1,230 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy B82 · Shelter
    1,230 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 57 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 26 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 192nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 741 more were issued.

In 2025, 3,633 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 233rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 243 more were issued.

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About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

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

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    480 feet
  3. Peer Hatorah School
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,070 feet
  3. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    1,130 feet
  4. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Community Center
    200 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S 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, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.