Henry Street & West 9th Street

Henry Street and West 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
14 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & West 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.4 miles
    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, 860 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of West 9th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    320 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Summit Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    810 feet
  2. Admiral Triangle Playground
    900 feet
  3. Dimattina Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cough Triangle
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    420 feet
  3. Red Hook Post Office
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or West 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.