2nd Avenue & 7th Street

The three-way junction of 2nd Avenue and 7th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ennis Playground is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and nine places to eat. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
9 St/2 Av · B61
Within a walk
2 places
1 playground and 1 public space, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & 7th 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
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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 …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/2 Av, 570 feet away, for the B61.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/2 Av B61
    570 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Hamilton Avenue & 17th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 150 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 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of 7th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of 7th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ennis Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or 7th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.