East 8th Street & Caton Avenue

East 8th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 91 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. M.S. 839 is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/E 8 St · B16
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 8 St, 100 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 8 St B16
    100 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Caton Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 8 St & Caton Ave 30 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 91 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,775th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 37 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 839 School
    120 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Academy School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    560 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.