Carroll Street & Nevins Street

Carroll Street and Nevins Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 520 feet away, and Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

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, 730 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & Nevins St 36 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,900 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 2023 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 319 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nevins Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Nevins Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Rivendell School Preschool
    850 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rivendell School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    700 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Nevins 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.