Court Street & Butler Street

Court Street and Butler 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Court St/Kane St · B57
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Butler Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bergen St F, G
    1,310 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. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Kane St, 30 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Kane St B57
    30 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Butler St & Court St 35 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

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

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 September 2023.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1875 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Court Street (west side).

North side of Butler Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Butler Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Court Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311400 and 332684.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 292 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1846 and 1858.

  1. Paras Court Theatre Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Trinity German Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    230 feet
  3. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    340 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    340 feet
  2. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    340 feet
  3. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    380 feet
  4. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  6. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue Landmark
    230 feet
  2. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Butler Street or Court Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.