8th Avenue & St Johns Place

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and St Johns Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Montauk Club stands 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Flatbush Av/8 Av · B41, B69
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    200 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
    840 feet
    B Q
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

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, 140 feet away, for the B41 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Plaza St West & Flatbush Ave 49 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 June 2026.

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 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301098, 311007 and 336105.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 304 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1889.

  1. Montauk Club Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. The Berkeley Institute Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist 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. Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene Bust by John Massey Rhind, 1905
    410 feet
  2. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Neil Estern, 1965
    590 feet
  3. Bailey Fountain Fountain by Eugene F. Savage, 1932
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 monuments or memorials
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    960 feet
  3. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Berkeley-Carroll School
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    160 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    410 feet
  2. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    1,030 feet
  2. General Henry Warner Slocum Monument Monument or memorial
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    820 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or St Johns Place.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.