Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 8th Street

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
850 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
310 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 Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    850 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, 310 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ocean View Av B68
    310 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,180 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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 December 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
7 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1963.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and 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
    730 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
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  1. Ip Training Trade or language school
    820 feet
  2. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Mazel Day School
    1,090 feet
  4. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tilyou Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 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 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 8th 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.