Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Columbia Street

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Columbia Street meet at a five-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harold Ickes Playground is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Carroll St, is 780 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them gardens, and seven places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Columbia St/Carroll St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
4 gardens, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Columbia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Carroll St, 780 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Carroll St B61 · Shelter
    780 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Columbia St 39 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Columbia Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY TBTA
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY TBTA
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pirate's Cove Garden
    240 feet
  2. Harold Ickes Playground
    490 feet
  3. Summit Street Community Garden
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    790 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    890 feet
  3. Amazing Garden
    910 feet
  4. Backyard Garden
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Columbia Street or Hamilton Avenue.

Sources: 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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.