West 8th Street & Highlawn Avenue

West 8th Street and Highlawn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ketchum Triangle is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
160 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Kings Hwy/W 8 St · B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 8th Street & Highlawn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy N
    160 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 8 St, 790 feet away, for the B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 8 St B82, B82 SBS
    790 feet
    B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …
  2. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West 8th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 8th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 314163.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Future Scholars Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    30 feet
  2. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ketchum Triangle
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 20 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highlawn Avenue or West 8th Street.

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