East 8th Street & Avenue I

East 8th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Flatbush is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1953, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Avenue I/E 9 St · B11
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Street & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave I F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/E 9 St, 170 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 9 St B11
    170 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    790 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
40 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

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

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    680 feet
  2. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    770 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lubavitcher High School
    1,250 feet
  2. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    1,250 feet
  3. Mevakshai Torah School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or East 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.