Bedford Avenue & South 8th Street

Bedford Avenue and South 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Long Island Business College, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 300 feet away, and C'E Montessori is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/Bedford Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Bedford Av, 350 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Bedford Av B32, Q59
    350 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & S 9 St 23 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-6PM FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

North side of South 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of South 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire, and built between 1852 and 1892.

  1. Long Island Business College Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Cohn Square.

  1. Harold W. Cohn Bas-relief by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1991
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. C'E Montessori School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bedford Playground
    340 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    610 feet
  3. Epiphany Playground
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cohn Triangle
    790 feet
  2. Berry Playground
    1,230 feet
  3. Continental Army Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    360 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. 240 Broadway Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or South 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.