Union Street & Nevins Street

Union Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Greene Playground is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
3 Av/Union St · B37
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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, 700 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,100 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 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 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 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    970 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rivendell School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    520 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    560 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. EMS Station 32 Ambulance station
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nevins 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.