Ralph Avenue & St Marks Avenue

Ralph Avenue and St Marks Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden is 50 feet away, and Uncommon Excellence Girls CMS is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Saint Marks Av/Ralph Av · B45, B65
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & St Marks Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Marks Av/Ralph Av, 40 feet away, for the B45 and B65.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Marks Av/Ralph Av B45, B65
    40 feet
    B45 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Marks Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Ave & Ralph Ave 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    1,020 feet
  2. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    1,020 feet
  3. Shirley Chisholm Day Care Center #1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 191 Paul Robeson School
    1,250 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Girls CMS School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. South Pacific Playground
    840 feet
  3. Sterling Community Group Garden
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Preston Community Garden
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weeksville Heritage Center Historic site · listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Kingsborough Extension Older adult center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 447 Kingsborough 4 Walk Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 227 Fire station
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ralph Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.