Prospect Park West & 8th Street

Prospect Park West and 8th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. The corner lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them park features, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Prospect Park West/9 St · B61
Within a walk
11 places
4 park features, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    990 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/9 St, 410 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/9 St B61
    410 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park West & 8 St 25 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
161 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1909.

Trees

NYC Parks records 199 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 8th Street

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

South side of 8th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 316 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Italian Renaissance, and mostly built between 1892 and 1904.

  1. St. Saviour's School Designated landmark
    720 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Prospect Park.

  1. Lafayette Memorial Stele by Daniel Chester French, 1917
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Saviour High School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    50 feet
  2. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    50 feet
  3. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    270 feet
  2. Harmony Playground
    570 feet
  3. Middle Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Saviour Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Street or Prospect Park West.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.