Brighton 8th Street & Banner Avenue

Brighton 8th Street and Banner Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Neptune Av/Coney Island Av · B4
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton 8th Street & Banner Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/Coney Island Av, 760 feet away, for the B4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Coney Island Av B4 · Shelter
    760 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 850 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Banner Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Banner Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Brighton 8th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Brighton 8th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    150 feet
  2. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  3. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Mazel Day School
    1,090 feet
  4. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Banner Avenue or Brighton 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.