Carroll Street & Smith Street

Carroll Street and Smith Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Carroll Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 058 the Carroll is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them listed historic places, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Smith St/2 St · B57
Within a walk
10 places
2 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    300 feet
    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. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/2 St, 200 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Smith St 41 docks in all
    180 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 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

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Smith Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330494.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Carroll Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 164 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1878.

  1. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. South Congregational Church and Chapel Designated landmark
    820 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Carroll Park.

  1. Carroll Park Memorial Stele by Eugene H. Morahan, 1921
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    240 feet
  2. Hannah Senesh Community School
    350 feet
  3. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    180 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Smith Street.

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