Carroll Gardens Homepage

Welcome To Carroll Gardens
&
The Columbia Street Waterfront District

Click on any intersection on the Map below to zoom in to our Scrollable Streets. Mouse over a bus icon to see its general destination.

Our Scrollable Streets
About Carroll Gardens
Map Overview
Carroll Gardens Subway Map Compliments of NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign

Carroll Gardens

Named for Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence -who reportedly never lived in Brooklyn-Carroll Gardens shares its northern boundary with Cobble Hill at Degraw and Boerum Hill at Warren, while extending south to Hamilton Avenue and Red Hook. This long standing Italian neighborhood of family-run stores is now sprinkled with chic cafes, boutiques and antique shops. Here you'll find old timers hovering over a game of bocci in Carroll Park, while pre-schoolers as well as teenagers take advantage of the ample playground equipment and newly renovated basketball courts. Especially attractive are Carroll Garden's great schools, both public and private. Look for those magnificent brownstones on 1st Place and beyond, with their generous streetside front gardens which give the neighborhood its name. Only a short subway ride from Manhattan, Carroll Gardens is one of Brooklyn's finest residential treasures.

Columbia Street Waterfront District
And not to forget the distinct neighborhood of Columbia Street Water Front District which extends from Atlantic Avenue to Hamilton Avenue, a block or so west of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Once a bustling district of waterfront establishments, Columbia Street is rapidly undergoing a revival, a pocket of restaurants, bakeries and bistros doing quite nicely just off Degraw Street. Not to mention lots of (not so) wild talk of pier renovation which might include a cruise ship terminal. Around the corner on Union Street you'll find a vibrant Brooklyn - where it's been, and where it's heading - newer shops side by side with century old businesses, many run by second and third generation family members. If you're lucky you'll also run into Sal, the Mayor of Sackett Street, who will be happy to answer your historical questions.

About Our Maps & Streets

Our maps and scrollable streets are not drawn to scale. Our maps are meant to convey a sense of what you'll find when you walk the neighborhoods. Since our web space is limited, we have adopted the following conventions. "Apartments" indicates a multifamily building or buildings, generally without a stoop. "Residences" are buildings with stoops and may be multifamily. "Residence" (singular) is a single building. "Residences" (plural) may indicate two our three attached buildings.Storefront note:

Wherever storefronts (yellow) are indicated, they are most likely to be three or four story brick buildings with apartments above. A vacant storefront in no way indicates that the entire building is vacant.

About Our Maps & Streets
Our maps and scrollable streets are not drawn to scale. Our maps are meant to convey a sense of what you'll find when you walk the neighborhoods. Since our web space is limited, we have adopted the following conventions.

"Apartments" indicates a multifamily building or buildings, generally without a stoop. "Residences" are buildings with stoops and may be multifamily. "Residence" (singular) is a single building. "Residences" (plural) may indicate two our three attached buildings.

Storefront note:

Wherever storefronts (yellow) are indicated, they are most likely to be three or four story brick buildings with apartments above. A vacant storefront in no way indicates that the entire building is vacant.

About Our Updates...
We walk our commercial streets every three or four months in order update our shop information. While the date reflects our last official update, we make a point to include new information as we hear of it. Feel free to let us know of any changes in your neighborhood.
bob@smalltownbrooklyn.com