Gatling Place & Gowanus Expressway

Gatling Place and Gowanus Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1953, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Gatling Place & Gowanus Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 92 St/Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 490 feet away, for the B8, B70, S53, S79 SBS and S93.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 92 St/Fort Hamilton Pkwy B8, B70, S53, S79 SBS +1 · Shelter
    490 feet
    B8 B70 S53 S79 SBS S93
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B70 …
  3. S53 …
  4. S79 SBS …
  5. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 92 St 16 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 579 92nd Street Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1953.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Greek School of Plato Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John J Carty Park
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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