Smith Street & Degraw Street

Smith Street and Degraw Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Paras Court Theatre stands 800 feet away, and Cobble Hill School of American Studies is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them schools, and 76 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
16 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & Degraw Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    790 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. Bergen St F, G
    1,100 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Douglass St, 370 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Degraw St & Smith St 27 docks in all
    40 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
30 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 1,900 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306353 and 306689.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate (late), and mostly built between 1870 and 1876.

  1. Paras Court Theatre Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  2. New Dawn Charter High School
    970 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    1,120 feet
  2. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    1,180 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    1,180 feet
  4. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    1,180 feet
  5. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    840 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    920 feet
  3. Boerum Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Boerum Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    960 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 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 Degraw 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.