Avenue V & West 8th Street

Avenue V and West 8th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Temple United is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
86 St/W 9 St · B1, B4
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 community center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    690 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
    940 feet
    N
  2. Ave X F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/W 9 St, 430 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/W 9 St B1, B4
    430 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Avenue V

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue V

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 8th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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