Union Street & Smith Street

Union Street and Smith 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. The stele “Carroll Park Memorial” is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Smith St/Union St · B57
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    280 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. Bergen St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Union St, 70 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Union St B57
    70 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Smith St 41 docks in all
    480 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307128 and 331775.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 132 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1878.

  1. South Congregational Church and Chapel Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    750 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Carroll Park.

  1. Carroll Park Memorial Stele by Eugene H. Morahan, 1921
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    820 feet
  2. Hannah Senesh Community School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    320 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    400 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes RC Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Smith 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.