Smith Street & 4th Street

Smith Street and 4th Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hannah Senesh Community School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 32 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Smith Street & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    430 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, 640 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Smith St & 3 St 25 docks in all
    240 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2023

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of 4th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Smith Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 22 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate (late), and built between 1871 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Hannah Senesh Community School
    610 feet
  3. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. International School of Brooklyn School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    610 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park Playground
    860 feet
  3. Carroll Park
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carroll Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 4th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.