Bedford Avenue & North 8th Street

Bedford Avenue and North 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Northside Community Garden is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 107 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Bedford Av/N 8 St · B62
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & North 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    190 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.5 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/N 8 St, 20 feet away, for the B62.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/N 8 St B62
    20 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Berry St & N 8 St 27 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 111 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

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

West side of Bedford Avenue

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

North side of North 8th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of North 8th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 336170 and 336766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Northside Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or North 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.