Gowanus Expressway & Henry Street

Gowanus Expressway and Henry Street meet at a five-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies is 680 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 14 public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1921, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Henry 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, 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

  • 16 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
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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 900 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 1921.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    680 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    680 feet
  3. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Summit Academy Charter School
    800 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  4. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,180 feet
  5. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    210 feet
  2. Admiral Triangle Playground
    600 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  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 five places to eat and three 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 29 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.