Henry Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Henry Street and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Admiral Triangle is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and four 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
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 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 nine 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

  • 15 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. Clinton St & 4 Place 25 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.4 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 30 trees within 330 feet.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 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
    590 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    590 feet
  3. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. Summit Academy Charter School
    890 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    300 feet
  2. Admiral Triangle Playground
    690 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. 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 four places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Henry Street.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.