Smith Street & Baltic Street

Smith Street and Baltic Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Boerum Park is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 89 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Smith St/Warren St · B57
Within a walk
21 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & Baltic Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bergen St F, G
    310 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. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Warren St, 390 feet away, for the B57.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Warren St B57
    390 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Warren St & Smith St 33 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Smith Street (west side).

North side of Baltic Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Baltic Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-2PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301527 and 313272.

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1857 and 1867.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    340 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  3. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 12
  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    650 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    650 feet
  4. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    650 feet
  5. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  6. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  7. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. New Dawn Charter High School
    1,160 feet
  9. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park
    310 feet
  2. Boerum Park Playground
    510 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 89 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baltic 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.