Carroll Street & Whitwell Place

Carroll Street and Whitwell Place meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rivendell School is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them gardens, and 32 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
14 places
4 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Whitwell Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Union St R
    880 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

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, 330 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Carroll St 27 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1 mile 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
    0.5 miles

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 106 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Whitwell Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Whitwell Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical and neo-Renaissance, one each, and built between 1901 and 1910.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Rivendell School
    150 feet
  2. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    230 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    390 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    490 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    270 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    720 feet
  3. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    1,210 feet
  2. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 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 Whitwell Place.

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