Columbia Street & Luquer Street
Columbia Street and Luquer Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Daniel Defonte Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Playground is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Commerce St, is 1,170 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Commerce St, 1,170 feet away, for the B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Van Brunt St/Commerce St B611,170 feetB61
Next buses at this stop
- B61 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks 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 all820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station1,270 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 two 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 November 2023.
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
This corner is also named Daniel Defonte Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Daniel Defonte Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Columbia Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Luquer Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Luquer Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 dog run
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Red Hook Neighborhood School710 feet
- Summit Academy Charter School710 feet
- Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Coffey Park590 feet
- Dimattina Playground640 feet
- Dimattina Park Dog Run940 feet
Show all 6
- Pirate's Cove Garden1,040 feet
- Coffey Park Playground1,120 feet
- Harold Ickes Playground1,290 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station670 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.4 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, a signal or safety change 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 & Commerce Street 30 feet
- Columbia Street & Dwight Street 90 feet
- Columbia Street & Nelson Street 250 feet
- Columbia Street & Seabring Street 250 feet
- Dwight Street & Delavan Street 280 feet
- Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 480 feet
- Columbia Street & Huntington Street 500 feet
- Hicks Street & Luquer Street 510 feet
See every intersection along Columbia Street or Luquer Street.