Ocean Parkway & Park Circle

Ocean Parkway and Park Circle meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. The corner stands inside Machate Circle. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Coney Island Av/Park Circle · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Park Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    1,070 feet
    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 Coney Island Av/Park Circle, 260 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Park Circle B68 · Shelter
    260 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Circle & East Dr 29 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Parkway

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

North side of Ocean Parkway

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

South side of Ocean Parkway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Park Circle

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

South side of Park Circle

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1904.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Prospect Park.

  1. The Horse Tamers Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1899
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

This corner stands inside Machate Circle.

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Machate Circle
    surrounds this corner
  2. Parade Ground Park
    300 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    350 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    480 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ocean Parkway or Park Circle.

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