Carroll Street & Gowanus Promenade West

Carroll Street and Gowanus Promenade West 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. Dolly's Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2022 and 2024, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 ambulance station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Gowanus Promenade West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Carroll St, 1,110 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Carroll St B37
    1,110 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Carroll Street.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Bond St 25 docks in all
    290 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, 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2022 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 296 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1888 and 1904.

  1. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,040 feet
  3. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    50 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Gowanus Promenade West.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.