Court Street & Garnet Street

Court Street and Garnet Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Cough Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 23 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Court St/W 9 St · B57, B61
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Garnet Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    850 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
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/W 9 St, 160 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/W 9 St B57, B61 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B57 B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street and Garnet Street.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Court St & Huntington St 33 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

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
16 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Court Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Court Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-10PM
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Garnet Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Garnet Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    20 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. International School of Brooklyn School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cough Triangle
    40 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park Playground
    910 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Admiral Triangle Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    740 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  3. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Court Street or Garnet 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.