9th Street & Smith Street

The five-way junction of 9th Street and Smith Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,219 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 615 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. St. Mary's Park Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
140 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
9 St/Smith St · B61
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
9th Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    140 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/Smith St, 60 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/Smith St B61
    60 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Smith St & 9 St 23 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, March 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 615 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 2,219 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 390th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,178 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 9th Street

  • No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of 9th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Smith Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    730 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  3. International School of Brooklyn School
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park Playground
    290 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    300 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven 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 9th Street, Smith Street or West 9th Street.

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