Union Street & Henry Street

Union Street and Henry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 290 feet to the 76th Precinct. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Columbia St/Union St · B61
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Henry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Union St, 1,060 feet away, for the B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Union St B61 · Shelter
    1,060 feet
    B61
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. President St & Henry St 25 docks in all
    290 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MIDNIGHT - NOON ALL DAYS

West side of Henry Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Union Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 84 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1863.

  1. Strong Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten Designated landmark
    770 feet
  3. 238 President Street House Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    220 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. Ladybug Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    930 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Human Compass Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Children's Garden
    1,270 feet
  3. Dimattina Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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