East 9th Street & Avenue R

East 9th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue R · B68
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue R, 530 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue R B68
    530 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue R

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 9th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 9th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313374 and 316414.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    730 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    730 feet
  3. Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School
    730 feet
  2. Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  4. Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  5. Ateret Torah Center School
    1,030 feet
  6. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  7. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1001 Quentin Road Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.