Sackett Street & Nevins Street

Sackett Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station stands 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
3 Av/Union St · B37
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 garden and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sackett 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 six 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/Union St, 780 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Nevins Street.

  • 30 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
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 September 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,500 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Sackett Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sackett Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical. They were built between 1909 and 1911.

  1. Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Gate House Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    1,230 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Greene Playground
    300 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 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 Sackett 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.