Henry Street & Kane Street

Henry Street and Kane 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, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Columbia St/Kane St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Kane 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 nine 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, 1,000 feet away, for the B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Kane St B61
    1,000 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Henry Street and Kane Street.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kane St & Clinton St 27 docks in all
    530 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
24 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 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Kane Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kane Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 540 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1874.

  1. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Rectory Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic School Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. St. Peter's Hospital Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School · landmark
    180 feet
  2. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    930 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    940 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Kane 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.