Ocean Parkway & Kermit Place

Ocean Parkway and Kermit Place meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 839 is 610 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 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/Ocean Pkwy · B16
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Kermit 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Ocean Pkwy, 100 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 25 to 45 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1928 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kermit Place

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

South side of Kermit Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 839 School
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    740 feet
  3. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    950 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Greenwood Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kermit 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.