Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 5th Place

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 5th 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 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about three 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 25 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
910 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Coney Island Av/Ocean View Av · B68
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 5th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    910 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
    0.4 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 Coney Island Av/Ocean View Av, 860 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ocean View Av B68
    860 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    790 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools 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
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 253 School
    440 feet
  2. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Mazel Day School
    800 feet
Show all 10
  1. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    900 feet
  2. Ip Training Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    1,050 feet
  5. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  7. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 26 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 5th 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.