Henry Street & Verandah Place

Henry Street and Verandah Place 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Peter's Hospital stands 100 feet away, and Saint Pauls RC Church is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
13 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Verandah Place 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 Atlantic Av/Henry St, 880 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63 · Countdown sign
    880 feet
    B61 B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Clinton St 44 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
30 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 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Verandah Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Verandah Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 427 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1847 and 1878.

  1. St. Peter's Hospital Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    530 feet
  2. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    670 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    240 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    250 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    700 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    130 feet
  2. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Verandah Place.

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.