East 8th Street & Beverley Road

East 8th Street and Beverley Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 890 is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Coney Island Av/Beverly Rd · B68, B103, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Street & Beverley Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Beverly Rd, 450 feet away, for the B68, B103, BM3 and BM4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Beverly Rd B68, B103, BM3, BM4
    450 feet
    B68 B103 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Beverley Road.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 8 St & Beverley Rd 12 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beverley Road

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and built between 1900 and 1908.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 890 School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 889 School
    710 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beverley Road or East 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.