86th Street & West 9th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and West 9th Street is in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development, and is also named Garibaldi Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marlboro Community Center is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
86 St/W 9 St · B1, B4
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & West 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    590 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave X F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/W 9 St, 160 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/W 9 St B1, B4
    160 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Garibaldi Square, a co-naming enacted on December 31, 1941 (Local Law 113 of 1941).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1956.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Garibaldi Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311802.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    1,010 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or West 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.