Avenue U & East 9th Street

Avenue U and East 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 254/Ladder 153 firehouse is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Avenue U/Coney Island Av · B3
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave U 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 “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Coney Island Av, 150 feet away, for the B3.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Coney Island Av B3
    150 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 9th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303451, 319270 and 321752.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat or Hatorah School
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 254/Ladder 153 Fire station
    100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 U or East 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.