42nd Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 42nd Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brizzi Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
39 St/9 Av · B35
Within a walk
25 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 8 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    1,030 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bees for Sunset Park” (2012) by Christopher Russell at the 9 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/9 Av, 830 feet away, for the B35.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/9 Av B35 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    830 feet
    B35
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 42nd Street and 9th Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave 19 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 42nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Enlightenment Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Sunny Skies Pre-School # 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    890 feet
Show all 12
  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Bnos Margulia Viznitz School
    910 feet
  4. Pantomima Big Kids Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Bais Brocho D'Karlin Stolin HS School
    1,070 feet
  6. Bnei Yosel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  7. Hello Kiddie Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  8. Talmud Torah Sanz Klausenburg School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet
  9. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brizzi Playground
    830 feet
  2. Heffernan Triangle
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. 9th Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4101 8th Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or 9th Avenue.

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