72nd Street & 8th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and 8th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McKinley Park Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/73 St, is 220 feet away for the B70, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
8 Av/73 St · B70
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/73 St, 220 feet away, for the B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/73 St B70
    220 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 74 St 12 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.4 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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,100 feet
  3. J.H.S. 259 William McKinley School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Park
    330 feet
  2. McKinley Park Playground
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 7201 8th Avenue Older adult center
    90 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street or 8th Avenue.

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