Court Street & Congress Street

Court Street and Congress Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Saint Pauls RC Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 81 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Court Street & Congress Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    900 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Amity St, 150 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street.

  • 67 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. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and April 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 Congress Street

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

South side of Congress Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Court Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300675.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 275 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1871.

  1. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. St. Paul's School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    230 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    360 feet
  3. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
Show all 13
  1. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  4. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    1,100 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    1,100 feet
  6. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    1,100 feet
  7. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  8. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet
  9. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  10. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    630 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library Landmark
    840 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    130 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    440 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Congress 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.