8th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudath Achim is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/50 St, is 110 feet away for the B70, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
8 Av/50 St · B70
Within a walk
16 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/50 St, 110 feet away, for the B70.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/50 St B70 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B70
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    820 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
    2.6 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, June 2023

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
112 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 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 8th Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 8th Avenue (west side).

North side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305741, 310246, 331784 and 331785.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,030 feet
  3. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  4. The School of Creativity and Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. at 736 48 Street - Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Agudath Achim House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 33 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 50th 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.