Hoyt Street & Butler Street

Hoyt Street and Butler Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Agnes RC Church is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoyt Street & Butler Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    1,190 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.5 miles
    A C G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Douglass St, 850 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Douglass St B57
    850 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hoyt St & Warren St 35 docks in all
    530 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer 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
11217
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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Butler Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Butler Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. New Dawn Charter High School
    210 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    510 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    600 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Butler Street or Hoyt 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.