Union Street & Bond Street

Union Street and Bond Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Greene Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and six places to eat. About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2023 and 2024, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
3 Av/Union St · B37
Within a walk
9 places
1 ambulance station, 1 community center and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Bond Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    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. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Union St, 0.3 miles away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Union St B37
    0.3 miles
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bond Street and Union Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Bond St 25 docks in all
    550 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, 1 mile 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
11 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 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2023 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 230 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bond Street

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Bond Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    490 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    1,200 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    740 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bond Street or Union 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.