45th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 45th 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. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
8 Av/44 St · B70
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.3 miles
    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, 1,130 feet away, for the B70.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/44 St B70
    1,130 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    0.7 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
118 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-5PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS

South side of 45th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of 9th Avenue

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

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    100 feet
  3. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sunny Skies Pre-School # 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Darkei Chaim School
    1,040 feet
  3. Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin School
    1,060 feet
  4. Action Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  5. Bnei Yosel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. Bais Brocho D'Karlin Stolin HS School
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alku & Alku Toinen Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 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 45th 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.