Atlantic Avenue & Henry Street

Atlantic Avenue and Henry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. MS Lam Montessori School is 470 feet away, and Cobble Hill Health Center is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them parks, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
19 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Henry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 40 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63
    40 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Henry Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300361 and 342527.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 472 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1875.

  1. The Dudley Memorial Building Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. (former) Brooklyn Athenaeum Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. MS Lam Montessori School
    470 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    490 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    610 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park
    700 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    1,130 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    490 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Henry Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.