8th Avenue & 67th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 67th Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight 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 five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and 19 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.3 miles · 5 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 & 67th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 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.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1,310 feet 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
    2.1 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2021

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
93 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 1926 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 150 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 67th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 67th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

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

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 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    330 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McKinley Park Library
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 67th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.