Smith Street & Douglass Street

Smith Street and Douglass 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. New Dawn Charter High School is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Smith St/Douglass St · B57
Within a walk
21 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Smith Street & Douglass Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Bergen St F, G
    830 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
    1,050 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Douglass St, 110 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 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
    300 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
    0.8 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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, January 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

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
27 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Douglass Street

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

South side of Douglass Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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: 306353 and 336455.

Landmarks and historic districts

Fifteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1847 and 1851.

  1. Paras Court Theatre Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. New Dawn Charter High School
    710 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    750 feet
  3. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 11
  1. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    860 feet
  2. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    920 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    920 feet
  4. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    920 feet
  5. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  6. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  7. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  8. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park
    830 feet
  2. Boerum Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Carroll Park
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carroll Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    810 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 75 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Douglass 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.