56th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 56th Street and 9th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
8 Av/55 St · B70
Within a walk
14 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th 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 eight minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/55 St, 940 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/55 St B70
    940 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & 7 Ave 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
43
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
76 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 56th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 56th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 9th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303064 and 339302.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Pekka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. American Institute of Science & Tech Trade or language school
    720 feet
Show all 10
  1. Golden Sunrise Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  6. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet
  7. Wise Kidz Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th 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, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.