Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hamilton Avenue

Gowanus Expressway, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and Hamilton Avenue (Hamilton Avenue) meet at a seven-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dimattina Park Dog Run is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel at Hamilton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.4 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 Mill St/Clinton St, 0.3 miles away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill St/Clinton St B57, B61
    0.3 miles
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    1,040 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook

The streets

  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1928.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    800 feet
  3. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    840 feet
  2. Summit Academy Charter School
    840 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    250 feet
  2. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    430 feet
  3. Admiral Triangle Playground
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pirate's Cove Garden
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 27 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, Gowanus Expressway or Hamilton Avenue.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.