8th Avenue & 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 13th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
8 Av/13 St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    980 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    1,090 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/13 St, 110 feet away, for the B61.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/13 St B61
    110 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 7 Ave 24 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
152 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1892 and 1909.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 13th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 13th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 8th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 487 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1900.

  1. Ansonia Storage Warehouse Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. 14th Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Ladder Company 122 Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    120 feet
  2. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    840 feet
  3. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope Jewish Center Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station · landmark
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.