8th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 61st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 100 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
220 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
8 Av/60 St · B70
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    220 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.3 miles
    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/60 St, 180 feet away, for the B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/60 St B70
    180 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 62 St 30 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Safety Improvement Project, 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
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1927.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2021; 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 4pm to 7pm on 8th Avenue (both sides).

North side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-5PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331125, 333664, 333665, 336410 and 336411.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Stuart School of Career Technology Trade or language school
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Long Xing Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. 763 Training Center Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  5. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 100 places to eat and 20 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 61st 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.