Imlay Street & Pioneer Street

Imlay Street and Pioneer Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Pioneer St, is 350 feet away for the B61, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Map

Layers
Imlay Street & Pioneer Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Pioneer St, 350 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Brunt St/Pioneer St B61 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    350 feet
    B61
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Imlay Street and Pioneer Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pioneer St & Van Brunt St 39 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 229 Van Brunt Street Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Imlay Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Imlay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Pioneer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    150 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Community High School
    1,120 feet
  3. Learning Wheel Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coffey Park
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Red Hook Pop-Up Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Holiness Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Red Hook Ferry Landing
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.