Sackett Street & Gowanus Promenade West
Sackett Street and Gowanus Promenade West meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Gate House, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Union St R0.4 milesR
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- R …
Southbound
1 line- R …
Also within a walk
- Carroll St F, G0.4 milesF 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/Union St, 1,320 feet away, for the B37.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 3 Av/Union St B371,320 feetB37
Next buses at this stop
- B37 …
Cycling
- 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Union St & Nevins St 36 docks in all660 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 300 Bergen Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- One travel lane
- A posted limit of 20 mph
Homes
About 5,600 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 2023 and 2024.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neoclassical. They were built between 1888 and 1911.
- Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Gate House Designated landmark600 feet
- Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station Designated landmark670 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 ambulance station
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School1,060 feet
- Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 51,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dolly's Park Garden1,150 feet
- Thomas Greene Playground1,180 feet
Health care
- EMS Station 32 Ambulance station1,220 feet
Houses of worship
- St Agnes RC Church House of worship990 feet
Community centers and public services
- Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool790 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket970 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Union Street & Gowanus Promenade West 260 feet
- Union Street Bridge & Union Street 280 feet
- Sackett Street & Bond Street 310 feet
- Degraw Street & Bond Street 560 feet
- Union Street & Bond Street 570 feet
- Union Street & Nevins Street 620 feet
- Bond Street & Douglass Street 830 feet
- President Street & Bond Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Gowanus Promenade West or Sackett Street.