Smith Street & 3rd Street

Smith Street and 3rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 058 the Carroll is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 35 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
170 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Smith St/2 St · B57
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    170 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. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/2 St, 380 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/2 St B57
    380 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street and Smith Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Smith St & 3 St 25 docks in all
    70 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

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

South side of 3rd Street

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

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 75 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate (late), and mostly built between 1872 and 1873.

  1. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    790 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    810 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
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hannah Senesh Community School
    340 feet
  2. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    730 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    810 feet
  3. St. Mary's Park
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Mary's Park Playground
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Street or Smith Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.