Kent Avenue & South 8th Street

Kent Avenue and South 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Montessori is 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Wythe Av, is 740 feet away for the B32 and Q59, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Broadway/Wythe Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Wythe Av, 740 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Wythe Av B32, Q59
    740 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 2003 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 203 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of South 8th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of South 8th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    270 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    330 feet
  3. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
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  1. Williamsburg Montessori School
    500 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Be'Ikvei Hatzoin School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Epiphany Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    1,220 feet
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  1. Domino Park Dog Run
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    40 feet
  2. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or South 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.