Court Street & Amity Street

Court Street and Amity Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School is 240 feet away, and St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Court St/Amity St · B57
Within a walk
19 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Amity Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    1,060 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.5 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Amity St, 130 feet away, for the B57.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Amity St B57
    130 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2026 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Court Street (east side).

North side of Amity Street

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

South side of Amity Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Court Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-1PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300034 and 300588.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 246 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1878.

  1. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Savings Bank Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    240 feet
  2. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    260 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,020 feet
  4. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet
  6. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  7. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    900 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    370 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    610 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    170 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    660 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amity Street or Court Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.