8th Avenue & 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 9th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 365 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Saviour Church is 730 feet away, and St Saviour High School is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them park features, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
9 St/8 Av · B61
Within a walk
15 places
3 park features, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    70 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
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/8 Av, 120 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 9th Street.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 St & 7 Ave 23 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 365 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,368th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 167 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1889 and 1905.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 9th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 9th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 626 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1886 and 1901.

  1. St. Saviour's School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Ladder Company 122 Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Ansonia Storage Warehouse Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  3. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Saviour High School
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    830 feet
  3. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harmony Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation Landmark
    390 feet
  2. St Saviour Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station · landmark
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or 9th Street.

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