9th Street Bridge & 9th Street

The three-way junction of 9th Street Bridge and 9th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

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9th Street Bridge & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    380 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
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.5 miles
    F G R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/Smith St, 200 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
76 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1930.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Village Green' zelkova.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    770 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park Playground
    770 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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