East 8th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 8th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Newkirk Community Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av · B8, B68
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av, 580 feet away, for the B8 and B68.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av B8, B68
    580 feet
    B8 B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 8 St 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1930 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 8th Street

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

West side of East 8th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Newkirk Avenue

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

South side of Newkirk Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    490 feet
  2. Peace Academy School
    660 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    870 feet
  2. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    940 feet
  4. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    940 feet
  5. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.