Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street

Gowanus Expressway and Huntington Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Playground is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Court St/Nelson St · B57
Within a walk
17 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.3 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 Court St/Nelson St, 880 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Nelson St B57
    880 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Court St & Huntington St 33 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & Huntington Street, 190 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. International School of Brooklyn School
    1,100 feet
  3. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    1,210 feet
Show all 7
  1. Summit Academy Charter School
    1,210 feet
  2. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,250 feet
  3. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  4. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    90 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    920 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cough Triangle
    1,180 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    850 feet
  3. Red Hook Post Office
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and four 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Gowanus Expressway or Huntington Street.

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