8th Avenue & 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 48th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The School of Creativity and Innovation is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 49 St/8 Av, is 360 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
49 St/8 Av · B11
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/8 Av, 360 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/8 Av B11 · Shelter
    360 feet
    B11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
121 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 48th Street

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

South side of 48th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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

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: 301547, 306956 and 313476.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    90 feet
  2. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    760 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  4. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 39 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 48th 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.