Columbia Street & Woodhull Street

Columbia Street and Woodhull Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pirate's Cove Garden is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Columbia St/Carroll St, is 430 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them gardens, and 13 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Columbia St/Carroll St · B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 gardens, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbia Street & Woodhull Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Carroll St, 430 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Carroll St B61 · Shelter
    430 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Columbia St 39 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Columbia Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Woodhull Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Woodhull Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    1,150 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pirate's Cove Garden
    100 feet
  2. Summit Street Community Garden
    300 feet
  3. Harold Ickes Playground
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amazing Garden
    560 feet
  2. Backyard Garden
    820 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    1,040 feet
  4. Dimattina Playground
    1,160 feet
  5. Human Compass Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Columbia Street or Woodhull Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.