51st Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 51st Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing is 800 feet away, and P.S. 160 William T. Sampson is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/9 Av, is 360 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
50 St/9 Av · B11
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
51st Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/9 Av, 360 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 7 Ave 22 docks in all
    0.4 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. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
107 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Street

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

South side of 51st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 9th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    530 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  3. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Little Maven Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  2. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe School
    980 feet
  3. G & T Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  4. P.S. 160 William T. Sampson School
    1,240 feet
  5. Pekka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rappaport Playground
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet
  2. Maimonides Medical Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 53rd Street Older adult center
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st 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.