Business Survivability in Ocean Parkway, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Ocean Parkway is a Convenience Store with a 78.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: a Convenience Store in Ocean Parkway (78.5% Typical, 88.7% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #77 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 62.6% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: November 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Ocean Parkway a good place to start a business?
- How to find the best location
- Best businesses to open
- How much money could a business make?
- What businesses should open next?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Ocean Parkway is a Convenience Store with a 78.5% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 88.7% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 88.2% Best, followed by a Cafe with 87.1% Best.
Is Ocean Parkway a good place to start a business?
Among the 180 neighborhoods StreetSpring ranks in and around New York City, Ocean Parkway ranks #77 for business survivability, with an average 62.6% chance of lasting two or more years.
- For the top-ranked business type, 88.7% Best is 10.2 points above 78.5% Typical in Ocean Parkway.
- Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Ocean Parkway can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
- Housing vacancy in Ocean Parkway sits at 10.1%, a Census figure that StreetSpring's model reads for every business type it scores here.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Ocean Parkway?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Ocean Parkway give your concept the best odds of survival. Here is the top survivability address for a Convenience Store in Ocean Parkway, per StreetSpring's 2026 model:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Convenience Store in Ocean Parkway. Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Ocean Parkway?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 88.7% | 78.5% | 72.7% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 88.2% | 77.8% | 71.6% |
| 3 | Cafe | 87.1% | 76.4% | 69.8% |
| 4 | Laundromat | 81.9% | 74.3% | 68.4% |
| 6 | Hair Salon | 78.4% | 70.0% | 61.8% |
| 7 | Chiropractor Office | 77.2% | 70.9% | 64.7% |
| 8 | Spa | 76.6% | 68.0% | 59.3% |
| 18 | Veterinary Clinic | 73.5% | 67.6% | 61.7% |
| 21 | Bar | 72.8% | 64.4% | 56.0% |
| 22 | Dentist Office | 72.3% | 66.0% | 59.7% |
Best and Worst are the average results for the better and the worse of two addresses picked at random in the place: a weighted average of every scored location in which the best locations count the most for Best and the weakest count the most for Worst. Typical is the average address. Best is shown for a smaller space (half the standard size) and Worst for a larger one (half again as large), at the metro's median asking rent, using the same rent rule as our tool; Typical is at the market rent.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Ocean Parkway
- #1 Convenience Store is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Ocean Parkway: 78.5% Typical, 88.7% Best, 72.7% Worst.
- #2 Clothing Store: 77.8% Typical across Ocean Parkway; Best 88.2%, Worst 71.6%.
- #3 Opening a Cafe in Ocean Parkway shows 76.4% Typical survivability, 87.1% Best and 69.8% Worst.
- #4 Laundromat (Ranked #4): 74.3% Typical in Ocean Parkway. Best: 81.9%. Worst: 68.4%.
- #6 Hair Salon is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Ocean Parkway: 70.0% Typical, 78.4% Best, 61.8% Worst.
Strong Performers in Ocean Parkway
- #7 Chiropractor Office: 70.9% Typical across Ocean Parkway; Best 77.2%, Worst 64.7%.
- #8 Opening a Spa in Ocean Parkway shows 68.0% Typical survivability, 76.6% Best and 59.3% Worst.
- #18 Veterinary Clinic (Ranked #18): 67.6% Typical in Ocean Parkway. Best: 73.5%. Worst: 61.7%.
- #21 Bar is ranked #21 for top businesses to open in Ocean Parkway: 64.4% Typical, 72.8% Best, 56.0% Worst.
- #22 Dentist Office: 66.0% Typical across Ocean Parkway; Best 72.3%, Worst 59.7%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Cafe: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Ocean Parkway make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations for your business in Ocean Parkway starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type: StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's Revenue Capture Score, the revenue a business can capture at a specific address, is the factor that matters most when comparing locations.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What businesses should open next in Ocean Parkway?
The top businesses to open next in Ocean Parkway:
- Convenience Stores: 78.5% Typical, 88.7% Best
- Clothing Stores: 77.8% Typical, 88.2% Best
- Cafes: 76.4% Typical, 87.1% Best
Competition and spending patterns shift constantly; StreetSpring's live tool reflects the most current conditions for any specific address. StreetSpring's accuracy is built on studying businesses that serve more than 180 million+ Americans across 24 cities. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. Ocean Parkway's employment rate (94.2%) and housing vacancy rate (10.1%) are part of the Census context StreetSpring's model reads when it scores each business type at each address. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Ocean Parkway today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- Explore Convenience Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Ocean Parkway.
What type of business should you rent your Ocean Parkway storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Ocean Parkway are Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Cafes.
- Location is the part of survivability you can measure in advance: the concept, the pricing and the operator are yours to judge.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Ocean Parkway storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's data confirms a Convenience Store as the highest-ranked tenant type for Ocean Parkway, at 88.7% Best and 72.7% Worst for the chance of lasting more than 2 years.
- StreetSpring's address-level precision means two storefronts on the same block can carry materially different odds of lasting two years.
What should I consider when opening a business in Ocean Parkway?
When opening a business in Ocean Parkway, compare the Survivability Scores of your shortlisted addresses and favor the highest one your budget allows.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- StreetSpring uses its own proprietary forecasting tools to identify the Revenue Capture Score for each unique business.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Ocean Parkway with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring analyzes millions of data points with AI to forecast business survivability. Aggregated survivability rankings for New York City are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for New York City: /resources/data/new-york-city-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.