8th Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 47th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Baptist Church is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/47 St, is 110 feet away for the B70, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
8 Av/47 St · B70
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/47 St, 110 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/47 St B70
    110 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
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.6 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

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
126 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 47th Street

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

South side of 47th Street

  • 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 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: 311033 and 312490.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    850 feet
  3. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,020 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  5. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 42 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th 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.