Oriental Boulevard & Gerald H Chambers Square

Oriental Boulevard and Gerald H Chambers Square meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brighton Beach is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1934 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Oriental Blvd/West End Av · B1
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Oriental Boulevard & Gerald H Chambers Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.4 miles
    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 Oriental Blvd/West End Av, 160 feet away, for the B1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Oriental Blvd/West End Av B1
    160 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1934 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gerald H Chambers Square

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gerald H Chambers Square

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Oriental Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 beach
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. ABC Plus Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. Learn and Explore Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brighton Beach
    710 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    790 feet
  3. Babi Yar Triangle Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth El Manhattanbeach House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 161 Corbin Place Older adult center
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gerald H Chambers Square or Oriental Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.