Ocean Parkway & Avenue Y

Ocean Parkway and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 832 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. In 2026, 867 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Ahi Ezer Yeshiva is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy, is 870 feet away for the B1. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and one place to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy · B1
Within a walk
8 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Avenue Y Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Ocean Pkwy, 870 feet away, for the B1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 832 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Ocean Parkway788
Eastbound on Avenue Y44
Total832

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 867 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 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 Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Ocean Parkway

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

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ahi Ezer Early Childhood Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Ahi Ezer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    510 feet
  3. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ahi Ezer Yeshiva School
    720 feet
  2. Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 Y 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.