Carroll Street & Hoyt Street

Carroll Street and Hoyt Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Carroll Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Smith St/2 St · B57
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 1 ambulance station and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    970 feet
    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 Smith St/2 St, 880 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/2 St B57
    880 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & Hoyt St 53 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2021.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 140 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Carroll Street

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

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Carroll Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 164 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1872 and 1878.

  1. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    920 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hannah Senesh Community School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    860 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Whole Foods 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 17 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Hoyt Street.

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