Smith Street & Butler Street

Smith Street and Butler Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School is 660 feet away, and Kane Street Synagogue is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
19 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & Butler Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bergen St F, G
    570 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
    1,320 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Douglass St, 170 feet away, for the B57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Douglass St B57
    170 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Warren St & Smith St 33 docks in all
    540 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
24 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Butler Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Butler Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Smith Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313272 and 335447.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eight buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1851 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    600 feet
  2. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    660 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    660 feet
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  1. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    660 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  4. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  5. New Dawn Charter High School
    900 feet
  6. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  7. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  8. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  9. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park
    570 feet
  2. Boerum Park Playground
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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