East 8th Street & Webster Avenue

East 8th Street and Webster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Rose of Lima RC Church is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
18 Av/E 8 St · B8
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Street & Webster 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 nine 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 18 Av/E 8 St, 350 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/E 8 St B8
    350 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    960 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1963.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and July 2025, 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

North side of Webster Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Webster Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Peace Academy School
    750 feet
  2. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    750 feet
  2. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    750 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  4. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    1,130 feet
  5. Yeshiva Torah Temimah School
    1,250 feet
  6. P.S. K134 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    260 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 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 Webster 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.