8th Avenue & South Street

The three-way junction of 8th Avenue and South Street is in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sacred Heart Church is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 170 feet away for the B57 and B69, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av · B57, B69
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & South Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av, 170 feet away, for the B57 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av B57, B69
    170 feet
    B57 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Flushing Ave & Clermont Ave 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Greene Hill School
    1,220 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or South Street.

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