8th Avenue & Prospect Avenue

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and Prospect Avenue is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesilas Bais Yaakov is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Prospect Park West/Prospect Av · B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.3 miles
    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. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/Prospect Av, 830 feet away, for the B61.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/Prospect Av B61
    830 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Windsor Pl & 8 Ave 20 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 a bike

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 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
162 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Prospect Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Altered neo-Grec and Stripped neo-Grec, one each, and built in 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    470 feet
  2. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    770 feet
  3. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    830 feet
  2. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 11 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 Prospect 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.