8th Avenue & 2nd Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Church of the Virgin Mary is 110 feet away, and St Saviour Church is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
7 Av/3 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av 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. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/3 St, 940 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/3 St B67, B69
    940 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 2nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Garfield Pl & 8 Ave 25 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2017

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
119 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1898 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 532 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1909.

  1. The Temple House Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    1,090 feet
Show all 8
  1. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,220 feet
  3. John Jay School for Law School
    1,220 feet
  4. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,220 feet
  5. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    820 feet
  2. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    110 feet
  2. Beth Elohim Congregation Landmark
    590 feet
  3. St Saviour Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 2nd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.