Columbia Street & Bush Street
Columbia Street and Bush Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook West development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Coffey Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lorraine St/Columbia St, is 320 feet away for the B57 and B61. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lorraine St/Columbia St, 320 feet away, for the B57 and B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lorraine St/Columbia St B57, B61 · Shelter320 feetB57 B61
Next buses at this stop
- B57 …
- B61 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Columbia Street.
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Columbia St & Lorraine St 37 docks in all220 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11231
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 38
- Police precinct
- 76
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 2,900 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 in 1940.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook West development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 parks
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 park feature
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Bubble Bees Day Care - Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5490 feet
- Bumblebees-R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5490 feet
- Bbru Lorraine Pre-K590 feet
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- Basis Independent Brooklyn School950 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Red Hook Recreation Area Park780 feet
- Coffey Park890 feet
- Coffey Park Playground930 feet
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- Todd Triangle1,180 feet
- Red Hook Community Farm in Red Hook Recreation Area Park feature1,230 feet
Community centers and public services
- Community center at Red Hook West Community center810 feet
Fire and police
- Police Service Area #1 Satellite Police station1,010 feet
Supermarkets
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket360 feet
- CTown Supermarket1,120 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Columbia Street & Lorraine Street 230 feet
- Columbia Street & Centre Mall 260 feet
- Columbia Street & Creamer Street 490 feet
- Hicks Street & Bush Street 500 feet
- Columbia Street & Mill Street 510 feet
- Dwight Street & Otsego Street at Bush Street 570 feet
- Dwight Street & Otsego Street 670 feet
- Hicks Street & Lorraine Street 730 feet
See every intersection along Bush Street or Columbia Street.