Baltic Street & Hoyt Street

Baltic Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Boerum Park Playground is 250 feet away, and Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Bergen St/Hoyt St · B65
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Baltic Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    930 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. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.4 miles
    A C G
  2. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Hoyt St, 890 feet away, for the B65.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Hoyt St B65
    890 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Baltic Street and Hoyt Street.

  • 28 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. Hoyt St & Warren St 35 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Baltic Street

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Baltic Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 73 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1870.

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
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    190 feet
  2. New Dawn Charter High School
    470 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    610 feet
  2. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    250 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    330 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    450 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baltic 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.