Douglass Street & Hoyt Street

Douglass Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Dawn Charter High School is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Douglass Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Douglass St, 780 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Douglass St B57
    780 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Street.

  • 26 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
    300 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Douglass Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Douglass Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Dawn Charter High School
    160 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    1,140 feet
  2. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    770 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    850 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Douglass 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.