8th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Baptist Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
8 Av/46 St · B70
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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/46 St, 120 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/46 St B70
    120 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    830 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, June 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2025

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 (Central)
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 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 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 46th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 46th Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8 AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310680 and 332528.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 11
  1. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    1,030 feet
  2. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  4. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  5. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
  7. P.S. 169 Sunset Park School
    1,270 feet
  8. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 40 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 46th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.