8th Avenue & 62nd Street

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and 62nd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The School for Future Leaders is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
8 Av/62 St · B70
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    80 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/62 St, 30 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/62 St B70
    30 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 62 St 30 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
    1,010 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Turn calming, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    1,030 feet
Show all 9
  1. Stuart School of Career Technology Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Long Xing Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  5. The School for Future Leaders School
    1,270 feet
  6. 763 Training Center Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    870 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 62nd 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.