1st Street & Whitwell Place

The three-way junction of 1st Street and Whitwell Place is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Street & Whitwell Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,260 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
    0.5 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, 710 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.8 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

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and December 2020, 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 Whitwell Place

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

West side of Whitwell Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    430 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    840 feet
  2. Al-Madinah School
    1,150 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    620 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Washington Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and four 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 Whitwell 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.