East 8th Street & Avenue R

East 8th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mirrer Yeshiva High School is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Kings Hwy/E 8 St · B82
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy 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 “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 8 St, 690 feet away, for the B82.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 8 St B82
    690 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue R

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    470 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    470 feet
  3. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School
    990 feet
  2. Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School
    990 feet
  3. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    1,070 feet
  4. Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  5. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  6. Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  7. Ateret Torah Center School
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.