President Street & Smith Street

President Street and Smith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Carroll Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carroll Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
30 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Smith St/Union St · B57
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
President Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    30 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. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Union St, 330 feet away, for the B57.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Union St B57
    330 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Smith St 41 docks in all
    220 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of President Street

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

South side of President Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330980 and 331775.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Carroll Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 161 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1878.

  1. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. South Congregational Church and Chapel Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Carroll Park.

  1. Carroll Park Memorial Stele by Eugene H. Morahan, 1921
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    550 feet
  2. Hannah Senesh Community School
    680 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    60 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along President Street or Smith 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.