Ocean Parkway & Avenue X

Ocean Parkway and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 1,412 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Ahi Ezer Yeshiva is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy · B1
Within a walk
4 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave X 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 “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the B1.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy B1
    120 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,412 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 119th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 764 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue X

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ahi Ezer Early Childhood Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Ahi Ezer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ahi Ezer Yeshiva School
    460 feet

Houses of worship

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven 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 X 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.