East 8th Street & Avenue S
East 8th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sephardic Community Center is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 14 of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Kings Hwy F0.5 milesF
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- F …
Southbound
1 line- F …
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 Coney Island Av/Avenue S, 730 feet away, for the B68.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Coney Island Av/Avenue S B68 · Shelter730 feetB68
Next buses at this stop
- B68 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 37 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue S
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Avenue S
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of East 8th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 8th Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.
- 14 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 schools
- 1 community center
- 1 older adult center
Schools and child care
- B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School480 feet
- Peer Hatorah School690 feet
- Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K830 feet
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- Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,050 feet
- Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,100 feet
- Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,100 feet
- Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School1,210 feet
- Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School1,210 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center420 feet
- Sephardic Community Center510 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue S & East 9th Street 260 feet
- East 7th Street & Avenue S 300 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Avenue S 660 feet
- Ocean Parkway & Avenue S 690 feet
- East 8th Street & Avenue R 850 feet
- East 9th Street & 1st Court 870 feet
- Avenue T & East 8th Street 880 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Hutchinson Court 930 feet
See every intersection along Avenue S or East 8th Street.