8th Avenue & 51st Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 51st Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Second Evangelical Free Church is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/52 St, is 170 feet away for the B70, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
8 Av/52 St · B70
Within a walk
14 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/52 St, 170 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/52 St B70
    170 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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
107 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1914 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 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
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Street

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

South side of 51st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300796, 331561 and 331785.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 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
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  1. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    820 feet
  2. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  5. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Agudath Achim House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 34 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 51st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.