Ocean Parkway & Caton Place

Ocean Parkway and Caton Place meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sherman Street Sitting Area is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Caton Av/Ocean Pkwy · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Caton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Ocean Pkwy, 430 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Ocean Pkwy B16
    430 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 8 St & Caton Ave 30 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 45 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Place

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

South side of Caton Place

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

East side of Ocean Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 839 School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,060 feet
  3. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    950 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Machate Circle
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Place or Ocean Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.