Pacific Street & Henry Street

Pacific Street and Henry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of 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. The Polhemus Building stands 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about nine minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
17 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & Henry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 260 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of 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 1844 and 1862.

  1. The Dudley Memorial Building Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    420 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    420 feet
  2. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    490 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    790 feet
  3. Cobble Hill Park
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adam Yauch Park
    960 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    1,210 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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