Cropsey Avenue & Bay 8th Street
Cropsey Avenue and Bay 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay 8 Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cropsey Av/Bay 8 St, is 170 feet away for the B8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/Bay 8 St, 170 feet away, for the B8.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cropsey Av/Bay 8 St B8170 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 880 feet by car along the streets.
- 1414 86th Street Gas station0.5 miles
- 221 Washington Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 62 and 68 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bath Beach
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 36 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 8th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Bay 8th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Cropsey Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Cropsey Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 golf course
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park60 feet
- Bay 8 Playground140 feet
- Dyker Beach Park Junior Golf Center Golf course630 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 7th Street 250 feet
- 15th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue 270 feet
- 14th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue 520 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 10th Street 530 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 8th Street 770 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 11th Street 790 feet
- Bay 8th Street & Independence Avenue 790 feet
- Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway 880 feet
See every intersection along Bay 8th Street or Cropsey Avenue.