Avenue J & East 9th Street

Avenue J and East 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Flatbush is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Avenue J/E 8 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/E 8 St, 180 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 8 St B6
    180 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    920 feet
  2. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 9th Street.

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