Henry Street & Amity Street

Henry Street and Amity Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Dudley Memorial Building stands 70 feet away, and P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
14 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Amity Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 520 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    520 feet
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Henry Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and September 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amity Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amity Street

  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 420 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1876.

  1. The Dudley Memorial Building Designated landmark
    70 feet
  2. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    100 feet
  3. St. Peter's Hospital Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    160 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    500 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    530 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Park
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adam Yauch Park
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    500 feet
  2. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amity Street or Henry Street.

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