1st Street & Denton Place

The three-way junction of 1st Street and Denton Place is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 372 -The Children's School is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Street & Denton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,050 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Carroll St, 940 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Carroll St B37
    940 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Carroll St 27 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 1st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Denton Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Denton Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as American Round Arch. They were built between 1872 and 1884.

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Avenue Wing Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    380 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    540 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,070 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    390 feet
  2. Washington Park
    860 feet
  3. Washington Skate Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    1,140 feet
  2. Dolly's Park
    1,300 feet
  3. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Street or Denton Place.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.