Henry Street & Baltic Street

Henry Street and Baltic 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Peter's Hospital stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
Columbia St/Kane St · B61
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Baltic 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
  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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Kane St, 1,250 feet away, for the B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Kane St B61
    1,250 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Henry Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kane St & Clinton St 27 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Columbia Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Baltic Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Baltic Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 519 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1874.

  1. St. Peter's Hospital Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. St. Peter's School (formerly Academy) Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School · landmark
    230 feet
  2. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    670 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    690 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill Landmark
    680 feet
  2. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four 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 Baltic 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.