8th Avenue & 52nd Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 52nd Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Second Evangelical Free Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
8 Av/52 St · B70
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 52nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MADE WITH LOVE” (2019) by Olalekan Jeyifous at the 8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/52 St, 110 feet away, for the B70.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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
102 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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2026; 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 Friday 4pm to 7pm, Saturday 8am to 7pm on 8th Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 8th Avenue (west side).

North side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300796, 300797, 308986, 313462, 331561 and 331562.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Agudath Achim House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 35 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 52nd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.