Gowanus Expressway & West 9th Street

Gowanus Expressway and West 9th Street meet at a six-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & West 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    1,280 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill St/Clinton St, 480 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill St/Clinton St B57, B61
    480 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    800 feet
  3. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    900 feet
  2. International School of Brooklyn School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    570 feet
  2. Cough Triangle
    690 feet
  3. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dimattina Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Bush Clinton Playground
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    280 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    360 feet
  3. Red Hook Post Office
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight 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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gowanus Expressway, Hamilton Avenue or West 9th Street.

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