8th Avenue & 8th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 8th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Saviour's School stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them park features, and 21 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1889 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
210 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
9 St/8 Av · B61
Within a walk
14 places
3 park features, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/8 Av, 350 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park West & 8 St 25 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
141 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1889 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 8th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 8th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 571 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1887 and 1903.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    220 feet
  3. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    270 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Saviour High School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    830 feet
  2. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Saviour Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation Landmark
    650 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 8th Avenue or 8th Street.

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.