Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Coles Street
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Coles Street (west) meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 firehouse is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Seabring St, is 0.3 miles away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Seabring St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Van Brunt St/Seabring St B61 · Shelter0.3 milesB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
Nearest bike-share station
- Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 16 people injured
- 0 people killed
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
- One travel lane
- 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 3 playgrounds
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 dog run
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Red Hook Neighborhood School820 feet
- Summit Academy Charter School820 feet
- Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5940 feet
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- Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School1,170 feet
- The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School1,170 feet
- Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dimattina Playground280 feet
- Dimattina Park Dog Run320 feet
- Pirate's Cove Garden1,000 feet
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- Admiral Triangle Playground1,150 feet
- Coffey Park1,220 feet
- Harold Ickes Playground1,250 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station790 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six 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
- 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 27 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Coles Street 80 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hicks Street at Hamilton Avenue 120 feet
- Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hamilton Avenue 200 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hamilton Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 200 feet
- Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hicks Street 270 feet
- Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel & Hicks Street at Hamilton Avenue 320 feet
- Hicks Street & Luquer Street 360 feet
- Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hamilton Avenue 360 feet
See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Coles Street.