Ocean Parkway & West Avenue

Ocean Parkway and West Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Abraham Lincoln High School is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1956 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Ocean Pkwy/West Av · B1, B4, B36
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Parkway & West Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. 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 Ocean Pkwy/West Av, 30 feet away, for the B1, B4 and B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy/West Av B1, B4, B36 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    30 feet
    B1 B4 B36
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …
  3. B36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1956 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of West Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Abraham Lincoln High School
    550 feet
  2. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Scholars Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ocean Parkway or West 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.