East 9th Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 9th Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av · B68
Within a walk
15 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av, 470 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Ditmas Av B68
    470 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & E 8 St 16 docks in all
    1,140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    350 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 12 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 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 23 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built in 1904.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School
    440 feet
  2. Bonim Lamokom School
    720 feet
  3. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 11
  1. Torah Vodaath High School
    720 feet
  2. Mosdos Satmar BP School
    850 feet
  3. J.H.S. 062 Ditmas School
    1,110 feet
  4. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  5. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  6. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  7. Peace Academy School
    1,210 feet
  8. Yeshiva Torah Temimah School
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.