Avenue T & East 8th Street

Avenue T and East 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 153 Homecrest is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Coney Island Av/Avenue T, is 710 feet away for the B68, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue T · B68
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & East 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue T, 710 feet away, for the B68.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue T B68 · Shelter
    710 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6AM-9:30AM 6PM-10PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Peer Hatorah School
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Homecrest School
    1,120 feet
  3. Becec School
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet
  2. Sephardic Community Center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 254/Ladder 153 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue T or East 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.