8th Avenue & 4th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 4th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cyberarts Studio Academy is 700 feet away, and Beth Elohim Congregation is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
7 Av/3 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    1,250 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/3 St, 950 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/3 St B67, B69 · Shelter
    950 feet
    B67 B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & 7 Ave 27 docks in all
    990 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
130 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 4th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 435 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    700 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    700 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    700 feet
Show all 10
  1. Park Slope Collegiate School
    700 feet
  2. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  3. St Saviour High School
    830 feet
  4. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    890 feet
  5. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  7. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    820 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    470 feet
  2. St Saviour Church House of worship
    590 feet
  3. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Street or 8th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.