8th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 40th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heffernan Triangle is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
8 Av/40 St · B70
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    1,290 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 8 Av/40 St, 140 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/40 St B70
    140 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 40 St 24 docks in all
    820 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
    0.6 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
113 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1933.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Childtime Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Enlightenment Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heffernan Triangle
    1,100 feet
  2. Sunset Park
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. 9th Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 23 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.