8th Avenue & 66th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 66th Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
8 Av/67 St · B70
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    1,160 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
    0.4 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/67 St, 120 feet away, for the B70.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/67 St B70 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B70
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 66th Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    1,240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    500 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

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
88 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 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 147 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 66th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of 66th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 12 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 321761.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    50 feet
  2. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    50 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    860 feet
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and eight 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 66th Street or 8th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.