Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 3rd Street

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St · B1, B68
Within a walk
12 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    1,300 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 Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St, 820 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St B1, B68
    820 feet
    B1 B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,180 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the blackgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Brighton 3rd Street (east side).

East side of Brighton 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Brighton 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Ocean View Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307685 and 310202.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. 253 School
    1,090 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    1,190 feet
  4. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Shore View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 32 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 3rd Street 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.