Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Van Brunt Street

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Hamilton Avenue and Van Brunt Street meet at a six-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harold Ickes Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Summit St, is under 10 feet away for the B61. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them gardens, and five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Van Brunt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Summit St, under 10 feet away, for the B61.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Brunt St/Summit St B61 · Shelter
    under 10 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Van Brunt Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Commerce St & Van Brunt St 19 docks in all
    940 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. 229 Van Brunt Street Gas station
    1,170 feet
  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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people 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
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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Summit Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM

North side of Summit Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Summit Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harold Ickes Playground
    30 feet
  2. Backyard Garden
    220 feet
  3. Urban Meadow Garden
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mother Cabrini Park
    600 feet
  2. Mother Cabrini Park Playground
    710 feet
  3. Summit Street Community Garden
    730 feet
  4. Pirate's Cove Garden
    920 feet
  5. Amazing Garden
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Hamilton Avenue, Summit Street or Van Brunt Street.

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