East 9th Street & Avenue C

East 9th Street and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bonim Lamokom is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue C · B68
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue C, 460 feet away, for the B68.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue C B68
    460 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Pkwy & Ave C 16 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 619 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 77 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue C

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Avenue C

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 9th Street

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

North side of East 9th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,100 feet
  2. Bonim Lamokom School
    1,220 feet
  3. Torah Vodaath High School
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 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 C or East 9th Street.

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