Saratoga Avenue & Marion Street

Saratoga Avenue and Marion Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marion Hopkinson Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Saratoga Av/Marion St · B7
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & Marion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Marion St, 110 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Marion St B7
    110 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Marion St 19 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Marion Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Marion Street

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

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    560 feet
  2. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    790 feet
  3. Saratoga Farm Garden
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carver Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    510 feet
  2. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marion Street or Saratoga Avenue.

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