8th Avenue & 7th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 7th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Saviour Catholic Academy is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1893 and 1911, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
9 St/8 Av · B61
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    470 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/8 Av, 610 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/8 Av B61
    610 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    990 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1893 and 1911.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 7th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 7th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 499 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1888 and 1904.

  1. St. Saviour's School Designated landmark
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    40 feet
  2. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    100 feet
  3. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
Show all 9
  1. St Saviour High School
    570 feet
  2. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,220 feet
  3. John Jay School for Law School
    1,220 feet
  4. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,220 feet
  5. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,220 feet
  6. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    830 feet
  3. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Saviour Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation House of worship
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Church of the Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Street or 8th Avenue.

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