Carroll Street & Henry Street

Carroll Street and Henry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 710 feet away, and Carroll Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
Court St/President St · B57
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Henry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/President St, 1,290 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/President St B57
    1,290 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & Henry St 25 docks in all
    300 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, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Anglo-Italianate, Beaux Arts and Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1840 and 1897.

  1. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. 238 President Street House Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    380 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    410 feet
Show all 8
  1. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    1,060 feet
  3. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    1,060 feet
  4. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  5. Ladybug Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    780 feet
  2. Carroll Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Summit Street Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six 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 Henry Street.

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