Ocean Parkway & Avenue V

Ocean Parkway and Avenue V meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Triangle is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
52 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy · B3
Within a walk
5 places
4 religious buildings and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue V Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave U F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy, 880 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Ocean Pkwy B3
    880 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 52 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

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

South side of Avenue V

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

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue V or Ocean Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.