8th Avenue & 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 17th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
19 St/8 Av · B61, B67, B69
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 19 St/8 Av, 670 feet away, for the B61, B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 19 St/8 Av B61, B67, B69
    670 feet
    B61 B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B67 …
  3. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 19 St & 8 Ave 23 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 17th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 17th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    220 feet
  2. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    690 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kids-Centric Preschool
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    580 feet
  2. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th 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.