Degraw Street & Hoyt Street

Degraw Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gowanus Community Center is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them parks, and 36 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
11 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Degraw Street & Hoyt 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 six 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 Smith St/Douglass St, 1,040 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Douglass St B57
    1,040 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Hoyt Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Degraw St & Hoyt St 27 docks in all
    30 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built in 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Dawn Charter High School
    430 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    1,230 feet
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  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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