8th Avenue & Berkeley Place

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and Berkeley Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Grand Army Plaza is 300 feet away, and the bust “John F. Kennedy Memorial” is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Flatbush Av/8 Av · B41, B69
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Berkeley Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    730 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/8 Av, 690 feet away, for the B41 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/8 Av B41, B69
    690 feet
    B41 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Berkeley Place.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Army Plaza & Plaza St West 39 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Berkeley Place

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

South side of Berkeley Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310284 and 310425.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 384 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1890.

  1. Montauk Club Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. The Berkeley Institute Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Neil Estern, 1965
    650 feet
  2. General Gouverneur Kemble Warren Statue by Henry Baerer, 1896
    660 feet
  3. Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene Bust by John Massey Rhind, 1905
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Berkeley-Carroll School
    970 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    300 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    940 feet
  3. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    690 feet
  2. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    820 feet
  3. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Berkeley Place.

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