Ocean Parkway & Parkville Avenue

Ocean Parkway and Parkville Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them schools, and one place to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
18 Av/Ocean Pkwy · B8
Within a walk
17 places
9 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & Parkville Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av 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. Ave I F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy, 930 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy B8 · Shelter
    930 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    820 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Parkville Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    660 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC -Brooklyn School
    820 feet
  3. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    840 feet
Show all 11
  1. Adapt Community Network-Brooklyn Children's Preschool Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC School
    870 feet
  3. P.S. K134 School
    1,000 feet
  4. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,020 feet
  5. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  6. Lubavitcher High School
    1,220 feet
  7. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    1,220 feet
  8. Mevakshai Torah School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. 70th Precinct Police station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Ocean Parkway or Parkville Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.