8th Avenue & 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 14th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of 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. Park Slope Jewish Center is 100 feet away, and Kolot Chayeinu Congregation is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
830 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
15 St/8 Av · B61
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    830 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. 7 Av F, G
    1,240 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 15 St/8 Av, 290 feet away, for the B61.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 15 St/8 Av B61
    290 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 14th Street.

  • 42 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
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
153 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1897 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 14th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 14th Street

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

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 362 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1901.

  1. 14th Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Sanders (now Pavilion) Theatre Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. Ansonia Storage Warehouse Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    250 feet
  2. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    830 feet
  3. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope Jewish Center Landmark · listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation House of worship
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 14th Street or 8th Avenue.

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