President Street & Nevins Street

President Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dolly's Park is 440 feet away, and Douglass & Degraw Pool is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
3 Av/Carroll St · B37
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 ambulance station and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
President Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Carroll St, 780 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Carroll St B37
    780 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & Nevins St 36 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2022 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nevins Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of President Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of President Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1888 and 1904.

  1. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    710 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    440 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    620 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nevins Street or President Street.

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