58th Street & 8th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 58th Street and 8th Avenue is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Post Office is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 109 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
8 Av/58 St · B70
Within a walk
19 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
58th Street & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    1,020 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MADE WITH LOVE” (2019) by Olalekan Jeyifous at the 8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/58 St, 110 feet away, for the B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/58 St B70
    110 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 57 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
43
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 4pm to 7pm on 8th Avenue (west side).

North side of 58th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 58th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302645, 306656, 307533, 307536 and 309853.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. 763 Training Center Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. Stuart School of Career Technology Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Long Xing Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
Show all 12
  1. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    780 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  4. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  5. Golden Sunrise Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  6. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    980 feet
  7. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  8. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  9. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 109 places to eat and 32 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 58th Street or 8th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.