Court Street & Lorraine Street

Court Street and Lorraine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The light installation “Assent Ascent” is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Court St/Lorraine St · B57, B61
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Court Street & Lorraine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Lorraine St, 30 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Lorraine St B57, B61
    30 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Court Street and Lorraine Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Centre St 21 docks in all
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 375 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 70 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Court Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Court Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Lorraine Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lorraine Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1934 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Hamilton Avenue Bridge.

  1. Assent Ascent Light installation by Jim Conti, 2009
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    730 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    300 feet
  2. Bush Clinton Playground
    660 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    900 feet
  2. Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool
    990 feet
  3. Red Hook Recreation Center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Court Street or Lorraine 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.