50th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 50th Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudath Achim is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
50 St/9 Av · B11
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 50 St D
    0.5 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Internal Connectivity” (2012) by Dan Zeller at the 50 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/9 Av, 110 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/9 Av B11
    110 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
112 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 50th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  3. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    540 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe School
    720 feet
  2. Little Maven Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    860 feet
  3. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  4. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  5. Tomer Dvora School - Site 2 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rappaport Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet
  2. Maimonides Medical Center Hospital
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 53rd Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 15 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 50th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.