West 9th Street & Lake Place

West 9th Street and Lake Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Temple United is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
830 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
86 St/W 9 St · B1, B4
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 9th Street & Lake Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    830 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    1,160 feet
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/W 9 St, 530 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/W 9 St B1, B4
    530 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes 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
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lake Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lake Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 9th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304294 and 306049.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lake Place or West 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.