Berry Street & South 9th Street

Berry Street and South 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The bas-relief “Harold W. Cohn” is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Division Av/Berry St · B62
Within a walk
25 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Berry Street & South 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Division Av/Berry St, 640 feet away, for the B62.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Division Av/Berry St B62
    640 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Berry Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & S 9 St 23 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berry Street

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

West side of Berry Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of South 9th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of South 9th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built in 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Cohn Square.

  1. Harold W. Cohn Bas-relief by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1991
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    940 feet
Show all 9
  1. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Beikvei Hatzoin School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  5. Be'Ikvei Hatzoin School
    1,280 feet
  6. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Epiphany Playground
    40 feet
  2. Bedford Playground
    500 feet
  3. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cohn Triangle
    940 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    790 feet
  3. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    850 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Berry Street or South 9th Street.

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