Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Rapelye Street
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Rapelye Street meet at a five-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dimattina Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1915, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- Carroll St F, G0.4 milesF G
Next trains at this station
Northbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Southbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Carroll St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Columbia St/Carroll St B61 · Shelter0.3 milesB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
- 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 1 Pl & Clinton St 34 docks in all1,230 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 480 feet by car along the streets.
- 69 Rapelye Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11231
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 39
- 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
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1915.
Trees
NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 dog run
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5280 feet
- Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5450 feet
- Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School520 feet
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- The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School520 feet
- Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dimattina Playground30 feet
- Dimattina Park Dog Run410 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Hicks Street & Rapelye Street 220 feet
- Henry Street & Rapelye Street 240 feet
- Henry Street & 3rd Place 380 feet
- Henry Street & 2nd Place 410 feet
- Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street 480 feet
- Henry Street & Woodhull Street 500 feet
- Henry Street & 4th Place 700 feet
- Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 710 feet
See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Rapelye Street.