Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 8th Place

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 8th 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. Tilyou Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
960 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Coney Island Av/Ocean View Av · B68
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 8th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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, 190 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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 September 2022.

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 253 School
    850 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
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  1. Ip Training Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    950 feet
  3. Mazel Day School
    1,200 feet
  4. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tilyou Playground
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brighton Jewish Center House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 25 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 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 8th 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.