Degraw Street & Tompkins Place

Degraw Street and Tompkins Place meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Strong Place Baptist Church stands 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Court St/Degraw St · B57
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Degraw Street & Tompkins Place 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
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Degraw St, 310 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Degraw St B57
    310 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Union St 38 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 230 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1872.

  1. Trinity German Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Paras Court Theatre Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. Strong Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    600 feet
  3. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    1,160 feet
  3. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue Landmark
    690 feet
  2. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 15 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 Degraw Street or Tompkins Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.