Carroll Street & Denton Place

Carroll Street and Denton Place meet at a three-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. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) is 40 feet away, and Green Space at President Street is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them gardens, and 44 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
15 places
5 gardens, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Denton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Union St R
    650 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Carroll St, 560 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Carroll St B37
    560 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Carroll St 27 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Denton Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Denton Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1906 and 1910.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    140 feet
  2. Rivendell School
    370 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    720 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    40 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    750 feet
  3. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    950 feet
  2. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. Washington Park
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Denton Place.

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