Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue

Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 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. P.S. 370 is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
180 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy · B68, B102
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    180 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coney Island Reliefs” (2010) by Deborah Masters at the Ocean Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the B68 and B102.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy B68, B102
    120 feet
    B68 B102

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …
  2. B102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 116 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West Brighton Avenue (south side).

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304312, 304950, 316821 and 321246.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 2001.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 370 School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 100 the Coney Island School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Basin Prep II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Century Playground
    410 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    480 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jonas Bandshell in Asser Levy Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  2. Brighton Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Library
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Abraham House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Sea Breeze Jewish Center House of worship
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton Beach Avenue, Ocean Parkway or West Brighton Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.