Surf Avenue & Ocean Parkway

Surf Avenue and Ocean Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Asser Levy Park is 80 feet away, and Sea Breeze Jewish Center is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
580 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy · B68, B102
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & Ocean Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    580 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    0.5 miles
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coney Island Reliefs” (2010) by Deborah Masters at the Ocean Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy, 430 feet away, for the B68 and B102.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Brighton Av/Ocean Pkwy B68, B102
    430 feet
    B68 B102

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …
  2. B102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Sea Breeze Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 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 1950 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sea Breeze Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Sea Breeze Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Surf Avenue

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 2001.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Basin Prep II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 370 School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 100 the Coney Island School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asser Levy Park
    80 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    180 feet
  3. Century Playground
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jonas Bandshell in Asser Levy Park Park feature
    820 feet
  2. Asser Levy Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Brighton Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Library
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Abraham House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Sea Breeze Jewish Center House of worship
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ocean Parkway, Sea Breeze Avenue or Surf Avenue.

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