8th Avenue & 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 49th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 49 St/8 Av, is 120 feet away for the B11, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 68 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
49 St/8 Av · B11
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/8 Av, 120 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025
  • Turn calming, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
43
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
116 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 49th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 49th Street

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

East side of 8th Avenue

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

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: 301547, 305743 and 313476.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and 37 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 49th 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.