Avenue O & West 8th Street

Avenue O and West 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
160 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av · B6
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    160 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av, 940 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av B6
    940 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West 8th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 8th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306457, 308446, 311138 and 312037.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    370 feet
  2. Elyon College
    610 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    760 feet
  2. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet
  5. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.