Columbia Street & Commerce Street
Columbia Street and Commerce Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Park Dog Run is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Commerce St, is 1,140 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Commerce St, 1,140 feet away, for the B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Van Brunt St/Commerce St B611,140 feetB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Columbia St & W 9 St 21 docks in all790 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station1,300 feet
- 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 April 2025.
What the city has done here
- Enhanced crossing, May 2019
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Columbia Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Commerce Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Commerce Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 dog run
- 1 fire station
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Red Hook Neighborhood School670 feet
- Summit Academy Charter School670 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Coffey Park560 feet
- Dimattina Playground680 feet
- Dimattina Park Dog Run970 feet
Show all 5
- Pirate's Cove Garden1,070 feet
- Coffey Park Playground1,090 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station710 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Columbia Street & Luquer Street 30 feet
- Columbia Street & Dwight Street 60 feet
- Columbia Street & Nelson Street 220 feet
- Dwight Street & Delavan Street 250 feet
- Columbia Street & Seabring Street 280 feet
- Columbia Street & Huntington Street 470 feet
- Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 510 feet
- Dwight Street & Verona Street 520 feet
See every intersection along Columbia Street or Commerce Street.