Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 3rd Place

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 3rd Place meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 253 is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St · B4
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 3rd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    1,170 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St, 890 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St B4
    890 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 June 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the blackgum.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
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  1. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 253 School
    960 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    1,070 feet
  4. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 30 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 3rd Place or Ocean View Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.