East 8th Street & Avenue P

East 8th Street and Avenue P meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan is 460 feet away, and Advent Gravesend Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue P · B68
Within a walk
21 places
15 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue P, 890 feet away, for the B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue P B68
    890 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 66 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1925 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 238 Anne Sullivan School
    460 feet
  2. Ateret Torah Center School
    1,050 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1001 Quentin Road Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and ten 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 P or East 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.