Luquer Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Luquer Street and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook Neighborhood School is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Luquer Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill St/Clinton St, 1,230 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill St/Clinton St B57, B61
    1,230 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & W 9 St 19 docks in all
    720 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. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the maidenhair tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Red Hook Neighborhood School
    840 feet
  2. Summit Academy Charter School
    840 feet
  3. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    940 feet
  2. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,050 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  4. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    470 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    480 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 31 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Battery Tunnel or Luquer Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.