Kent Avenue & North 8th Street

Kent Avenue and North 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. MS Lam Montessori School is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 43 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Kent Av/N 9 St · B32
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & North 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/N 9 St, 350 feet away, for the B32.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/N 9 St B32
    350 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kent Ave & N 7 St 79 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 111 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of North 8th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of North 8th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    300 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Horizons at Kent Avenue Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marsha P. Johnson State Park
    50 feet
  2. Bushwick Inlet Park
    290 feet
  3. Bushwick Inlet Playground
    480 feet
Show all 4
  1. North 5th Street Pier and Park
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Edge Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at 184 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park Recreation Center
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    530 feet

Other places

  1. North Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or North 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.