Avenue S & West 8th Street

Avenue S and West 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 259 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. I.S. 228 David A. Boody is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Kings Hwy/W 8 St · B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    1,020 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    1,040 feet
    N
  2. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 8 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 8 St B82, B82 SBS
    0.3 miles
    B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …
  2. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 259 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,531st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 114 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 8th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 8th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Future Scholars Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

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

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