Avenue S & West 9th Street

Avenue S and West 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Stillwell Av/Avenue S · B4
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    1,280 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
    1,290 feet
    N
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/Avenue S, 0.3 miles away, for the B4.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Avenue S B4
    0.3 miles
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

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

South side of Avenue S

  • 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

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 9th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Future Scholars Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.