East 9th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 9th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bonim Lamokom is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and 34 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
East 9th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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/Cortelyou Rd, 390 feet away, for the B68.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Cortelyou Rd B68
    390 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 8 St 16 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bonim Lamokom School
    340 feet
  2. Torah Vodaath High School
    340 feet
  3. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School
    570 feet
  2. J.H.S. 062 Ditmas School
    620 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 16 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 9th Street.

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