Ocean Avenue is a major street in
Brooklyn, New York that runs generally north-south and occupies the position of East 20th Street in the Brooklyn street grid, with East 19th Street to its west and East 21st Street to its east for most of its path. It runs east of and parallel to
Ocean Parkway and
Coney Island Avenue for most of its route. Except for a short stretch on the
Manhattan Beach peninsula, Ocean Avenue starts in the south at Emmons Avenue in
Sheepshead Bay just south of the
Belt Parkway and continues north, ending at
Flatbush Avenue after running for several blocks as the eastern edge of
Prospect Park. A footbridge across Sheepshead Bay connects the two "Ocean Avenue" sections.