2nd Street & Hoyt Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Street and Hoyt Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hannah Senesh Community School is 760 feet away, and St Agnes RC Church is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
660 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Smith St/2 St · B57
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    660 feet
    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. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/2 St, 800 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/2 St B57
    800 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Hoyt Street.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & Hoyt St 53 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 206 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 146 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1872 and 1878.

  1. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hannah Senesh Community School
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    1,120 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  2. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    670 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Street or Hoyt Street.

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