Union Street & 8th Avenue

Union Street and 8th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Montauk Club stands 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
7 Av/Union St · B67, B69
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    990 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q
  2. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Union St, 910 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Union St B67, B69
    910 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Army Plaza & Plaza St West 39 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2017

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
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 438 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1893.

  1. Montauk Club Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. The Berkeley Institute Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. General Gouverneur Kemble Warren Statue by Henry Baerer, 1896
    660 feet
  2. Bailey Fountain Fountain by Eugene F. Savage, 1932
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    920 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Berkeley-Carroll School
    1,230 feet
  2. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    560 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    850 feet
  3. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    740 feet
  2. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,080 feet
  3. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.