Gowanus Expressway & Hamilton Avenue at Luquer Street

Gowanus Expressway, Hamilton Avenue and Luquer Street meet at a five-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. Admiral Triangle is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools, and 17 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1920, 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 · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Hamilton Avenue at Luquer Street 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 eight 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill St/Clinton St, 1,170 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill St/Clinton St B57, B61
    1,170 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    650 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

Homes

About 1,000 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 26 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    770 feet
  2. Summit Academy Charter School
    770 feet
  3. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    880 feet
  2. Pave Academy Charter School
    980 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. International School of Brooklyn School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    400 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    410 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    960 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and seven 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 32 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.