Union Street & Gowanus Promenade West

Union Street and Gowanus Promenade West meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dolly's Park is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and 13 places to eat. About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2023 and 2024, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
3 Av/Union St · B37
Within a walk
9 places
1 ambulance station, 1 day care or pre-K site and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Gowanus Promenade West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Union St, 1,060 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Union St B37
    1,060 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & Nevins St 36 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.1 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,000 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 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1888 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    800 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    890 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    920 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gowanus Promenade West or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.