44th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 44th Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
8 Av/44 St · B70
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    1,300 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 9 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station” (2012) by Portia Munson at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/44 St, 870 feet away, for the B70.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/44 St B70
    870 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave 19 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.4 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Street

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

South side of 44th Street

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

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 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 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    360 feet
  3. Sunny Skies Pre-School # 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin School
    800 feet
  2. Bnei Yosel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Bais Brocho D'Karlin Stolin HS School
    1,010 feet
  4. Darkei Chaim School
    1,150 feet
  5. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,230 feet
  6. Enlightenment Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  7. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brizzi Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 23 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 44th Street or 9th Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.