5th Avenue & 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 9th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Van Brunt Post Office is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
9 St/5 Av · B61
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    800 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/5 Av, 130 feet away, for the B61.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/5 Av B61 · Countdown sign
    130 feet
    B61
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and 9th Street.

  • 105 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Turn calming, December 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 65 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 12 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 9th Street (south side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 9th Street

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300473, 312177, 330533 and 330534.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  2. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Park Slope Library
    990 feet
  3. Public School 39 Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    350 feet
  2. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    40 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    390 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    490 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.