St Marks Avenue & Eastern Parkway

St Marks Avenue and Eastern Parkway meet at a five-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 73 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
40 hurt
73 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy · B60
Within a walk
27 places
18 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Eastern Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy, 200 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy B60
    200 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Rockaway Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & St Marks Ave 23 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 73 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 253 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Eastern Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ocean Hill Playground
    470 feet
  2. Howard Pool Park
    600 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    300 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eastern Parkway, Rockaway 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.