Shore Parkway & Brighton 8th Street

Shore Parkway and Brighton 8th Street meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grady Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Coney Island Av/Neptune Av · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Parkway & Brighton 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Neptune Av, 930 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Neptune Av B68
    930 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 930 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    710 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    320 feet
  2. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Tiny Bumblebees Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
    890 feet
  2. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grady Playground
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 8th Street or Shore Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.