Ocean Parkway & Bay Parkway

Ocean Parkway and Bay Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 5,610 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Mevakshai Torah is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1936 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy · B11
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy, 240 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy B11
    240 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,610 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 142nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 4,384 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1936 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bay Parkway

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

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Lubavitcher High School
    690 feet
  3. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mevakshai Torah School
    690 feet
  2. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Parkway 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.