Henry Street & Sackett Street

Henry Street and Sackett Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Human Compass Community Garden is 870 feet away, and South Brooklyn Children's Garden is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Columbia St/Sackett St · B61
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Sackett Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll 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/Sackett St, 1,080 feet away, for the B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Sackett St B61
    1,080 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Degraw St 23 docks in all
    250 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sackett Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Sackett Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1852 and 1877.

  1. Strong Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic School Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. Trinity German Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    490 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Ladybug Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,170 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Human Compass Community Garden
    870 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Children's Garden
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Sackett 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.