8th Avenue & 19th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 19th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesilas Bais Yaakov is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them schools, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 19 St/8 Av, 150 feet away, for the B61, B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B67 …
  3. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 December 2022.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 19th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    170 feet
  2. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    300 feet
  3. Kids-Centric Preschool
    1,110 feet
Show all 9
  1. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. K053 School
    1,150 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    1,240 feet
  4. Bishop Ford School Pre-K center
    1,270 feet
  5. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
    1,270 feet
  6. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    720 feet
  2. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 19th Street, 8th Avenue or 8th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass.

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