60th Street & 8th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 8th Avenue is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 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. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
8 Av/60 St · B70
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    490 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
    0.3 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/60 St, 120 feet away, for the B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/60 St B70
    120 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 62 St 30 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Turn calming, September 2020

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 1927.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026; 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), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 8th Avenue (west side).

North side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306351, 310636, 333664, 336080 and 336411.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Stuart School of Career Technology Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. Long Xing Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    730 feet
  4. 763 Training Center Trade or language school
    770 feet
  5. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  6. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 places to eat and 29 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 60th 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.