Richards Street & Seabring Street

Richards Street and Seabring Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Seven In Heaven Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 firehouse is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Brunt St/Seabring St, is 560 feet away for the B61. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Van Brunt St/Seabring St · B61
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richards Street & Seabring Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Brunt St/Seabring St, 560 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Brunt St/Seabring St B61 · Shelter
    560 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Commerce St & Van Brunt St 19 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 229 Van Brunt Street Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

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
38
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Seven In Heaven Way, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Seven In Heaven Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Richards Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Richards Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Seabring Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY TBTA
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Seabring Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Minds Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coffey Park
    820 feet
  2. Pirate's Cove Garden
    900 feet
  3. Dimattina Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Harold Ickes Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    1,140 feet
  3. Summit Street Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 32/Engine 202/Ladder 101 Fire station
    100 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Richards Street or Seabring 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.