Henry Street & Bush Street
Henry Street and Bush Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Red Hook Recreation Area is 60 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 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- Smith-9 Sts F, G0.5 milesF G
Next trains at this station
Northbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Southbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Lorraine St/Henry St, 330 feet away, for the B57 and B61.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lorraine St/Henry St B57, B61330 feetB57 B61
Next buses at this stop
- B57 …
- B61 …
Cycling
- 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Henry St & Bay St 19 docks in all720 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11231
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 38
- Police precinct
- 76
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 older adult center
- 1 park
- 5 other places
Schools and child care
- Pave Academy Charter School740 feet
- Bbru Lorraine Pre-K960 feet
- Bubble Bees Day Care - Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5960 feet
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- Bumblebees-R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5960 feet
- Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Red Hook Recreation Area Park60 feet
- Bush Clinton Playground690 feet
Community centers and public services
- Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool600 feet
- Red Hook Post Office680 feet
- Red Hook Recreation Center Landmark730 feet
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- Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center1,120 feet
- Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket860 feet
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket1,130 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Henry Street & Centre Mall 230 feet
- Henry Street & Lorraine Street 240 feet
- Hicks Street & Bush Street 470 feet
- Henry Street & Mill Street 510 feet
- Clinton Street & Bush Street 540 feet
- Hicks Street & Lorraine Street 710 feet
- Hicks Street & Centre Mall 710 feet
- Henry Street & West 9th Street 750 feet
See every intersection along Bush Street or Henry Street.