65th Street & 8th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 65th Street and 8th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 6,095 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bay Ridge Christian Center is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
880 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
8 Av/65 St · B70
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    880 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/65 St, 130 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/65 St B70
    130 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Turn calming, April 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,095 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 127th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,954 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on 65th Street4,8221,323
Westbound on 65th Street1,273631
Total6,0951,954

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 65th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of 65th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319676, 321277 and 321761.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    70 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park
    330 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    580 feet
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and nine 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 65th Street or 8th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.