West 8th Street & Sheepshead Bay Road

West 8th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 43/Engine 245/Ladder 161 firehouse is 1,010 feet away, and Asser Levy Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Neptune Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and seven places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neptune Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Neptune Av/W 8 St · B68
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 8th Street & Sheepshead Bay Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neptune Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av F
    1,010 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    1,240 feet
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Looking Up” (2004) by Michael Krondl at the Neptune Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/W 8 St, 260 feet away, for the B68.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/W 8 St B68
    260 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1622 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    330 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 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 1960 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 79 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm on West 8th Street (west side).

North side of Sheepshead Bay Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Sheepshead Bay Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of West 8th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304973, 309911, 315758 and 320902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Building Blocks Land Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asser Levy Park
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 43/Engine 245/Ladder 161 Fire station
    1,010 feet
  2. 60th Precinct Police station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sheepshead Bay Road or West 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.