Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Bowne Street
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Bowne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Pirate's Cove Garden is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Carroll St, is 980 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 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.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Carroll St, 980 feet away, for the B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Columbia St/Carroll St B61 · Shelter980 feetB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
- 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Carroll St & Columbia St 39 docks in all1,110 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.
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 three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are 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 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven 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
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5690 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pirate's Cove Garden440 feet
- Harold Ickes Playground690 feet
- Dimattina Park Dog Run820 feet
Show all 8
- Summit Street Community Garden850 feet
- Dimattina Playground920 feet
- Amazing Garden1,110 feet
- Backyard Garden1,230 feet
- Coffey Park1,280 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station560 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Bowne Street 110 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Rapelye Street 180 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Columbia Street 200 feet
- Richards Street & Bowne Street 200 feet
- Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 350 feet
- Richards Street & Seabring Street 460 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hicks Street at Hamilton Avenue 470 feet
- Columbia Street & Woodhull Street 540 feet
See every intersection along Bowne Street or Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.