Kent Avenue & South 9th Street

Kent Avenue and South 9th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Wythe Av, is 1,010 feet away for the B32 and Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Broadway/Wythe Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
18 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & South 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Wythe Av, 1,010 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Wythe Av B32, Q59
    1,010 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kent Ave 35 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,240 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 between 2003 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 114 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of South 9th Street

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

South side of South 9th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Global Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    190 feet
Show all 9
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Be'Ikvei Hatzoin School
    860 feet
  3. Beikvei Hatzoin School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,010 feet
  4. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  5. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  6. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Epiphany Playground
    790 feet
  2. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    910 feet
  3. Bedford Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    40 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Other places

  1. South Williamsburg Ferry Landing
    490 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or South 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.