8th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 45th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
8 Av/44 St · B70
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 9 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station” (2012) by Portia Munson at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/44 St, 370 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/44 St B70
    370 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
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
136 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-5PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS

South side of 45th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302024 and 303337.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    790 feet
  3. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    870 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4101 8th Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 36 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th 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.