47th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 47th Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudath Achim is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
49 St/9 Av · B11
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. 50 St D
    0.5 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 49 St/9 Av, 630 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/9 Av B11
    630 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

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
114 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 47th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 47th Street

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

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    450 feet
  2. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Modern International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  3. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe School
    1,130 feet
  4. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. Action Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Maimonides Medical Center Hospital
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 16 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 47th 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.