Avenue U & East 8th Street

Avenue U and East 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue U is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue U/E 8 St · B3
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 fire station, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 8 St, 110 feet away, for the B3.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 8 St B3
    110 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

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

South side of Avenue U

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

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303833, 313502 and 319270.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 254/Ladder 153 Fire station
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 20 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 U or East 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.