Avenue O & West 9th Street

Avenue O and West 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
420 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av · B6
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    420 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av, 680 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av B6
    680 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    510 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307202, 311655 and 321225.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    110 feet
  2. Elyon College
    870 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    910 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    910 feet
  3. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 20 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 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.