52nd Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 52nd Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Second Evangelical Free Church is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/9 Av, is 620 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
50 St/9 Av · B11
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
52nd Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/9 Av, 620 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/9 Av B11
    620 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 mile 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 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, 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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 9th Avenue

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

West side of 9th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300797 and 308986.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Pekka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,060 feet
  2. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Little Maven Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet
  4. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rappaport Playground
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 13 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 52nd 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.