Court Street & Degraw Street

Court Street and Degraw Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner is also named D’Amico Way by local law. It lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity German Lutheran Church stands 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Court St/Degraw St · B57
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Degraw Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Bus

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

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Degraw 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.

  • 54 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. Butler St & Court St 35 docks in all
    560 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
47 feet above sea level

This corner is also named D’Amico Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

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 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on D’Amico Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 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).

East side of Court Street

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

North side of Degraw Street

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

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311400 and 336453.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 167 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1872.

  1. Paras Court Theatre Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Trinity German Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Ladies Parlor Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    310 feet
  3. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    870 feet
  3. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    830 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Congregational Church Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue Landmark
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Court Street or Degraw 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.