8th Avenue & 70th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 70th Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and ten places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
8 Av/Bay Ridge Av · B64, B70
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. 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/Bay Ridge Av, 180 feet away, for the B64 and B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/Bay Ridge Av B64, B70
    180 feet
    B64 B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 70th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310403.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    830 feet
  2. McKinley Park
    850 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 7201 8th Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th 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.