8th Avenue & 39th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 39th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heffernan Triangle is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
39 St/8 Av · B35, B70
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    1,030 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bees for Sunset Park” (2012) by Christopher Russell at the 9 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/8 Av, 120 feet away, for the B35 and B70.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/8 Av B35, B70 · Countdown sign
    120 feet
    B35 B70
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave 19 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1933.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Street

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Enlightenment Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Sanz Klausenburg School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heffernan Triangle
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 9th Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4101 8th Avenue Older adult center
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.