Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Woodhull Street

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull Street meet at a six-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mother Cabrini Park is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Hamilton Av, is 400 feet away for the B61. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five 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
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Van Brunt St/Hamilton Av · B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 gardens, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Woodhull Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Hamilton Av, 400 feet away, for the B61.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Brunt St/Hamilton Av B61
    400 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Woodhull Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Woodhull Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harold Ickes Playground
    90 feet
  2. Pirate's Cove Garden
    520 feet
  3. Backyard Garden
    620 feet
Show all 10
  1. Summit Street Community Garden
    720 feet
  2. Amazing Garden
    980 feet
  3. Urban Meadow Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Mother Cabrini Park
    1,010 feet
  5. Mother Cabrini Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  6. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    1,200 feet
  7. Dimattina Playground
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.