Gowanus Expressway & Hamilton Avenue at Bush Street

Gowanus Expressway, Hamilton Avenue and Bush Street meet at a six-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 153 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 33,206 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Red Hook Recreation Area is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
94 hurt
153 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Court St/Lorraine St · B57, B61
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Hamilton Avenue at Bush Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    1,080 feet
    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 Court St/Lorraine St, 510 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Lorraine St B57, B61
    510 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Smith St & 9 St 23 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 375 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 153 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 94 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 33,206 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 5th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 14,087 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the sugar maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bush Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bush Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bush Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Hamilton Avenue Bridge.

  1. Assent Ascent Light installation by Jim Conti, 2009
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    600 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cough Triangle
    550 feet
  2. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    820 feet
  3. Bush Clinton Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. Mary's Park Playground
    1,230 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    370 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six 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 nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bush Street, Gowanus Expressway or Hamilton Avenue.

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