Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 4th Street

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 4th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ocean View Jewish Center 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 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 4 St · B4
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    1,040 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, 750 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    920 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Brighton 4th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307513 and 308152.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 253 School
    830 feet
Show all 10
  1. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    940 feet
  3. Steps to Success V Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  4. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Mazel Day School
    1,180 feet
  6. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  7. Ip Training Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Brighton Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 4th 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.