8th Avenue & 63rd Street

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and 63rd Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1924, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
340 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
8 Av/62 St · B70
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    340 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, 300 feet away, for the B70.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 ten 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 63rd Street

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

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    770 feet
  2. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 12 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 63rd 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.