Carroll Gardens, New York, NY Rentals

539 Clinton St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$30,000/mo
4 beds · 4.5 baths · 4,700 sq ft
539 Clinton StBrooklyn, NY 11231
Call(917) 361-6854
44 3rd St #2LL, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,525/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
44 3rd St #2LLBrooklyn, NY 11231
$3,000 Gift Card
Call(518) 728-6745
6 3rd St #1, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,000/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
6 3rd St #1Brooklyn, NY 11231
Call(917) 520-6544
411 Clinton St #10, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,900/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
411 Clinton St #10Brooklyn, NY 11231
Call(347) 683-4433
104 Luquer St #4C, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$7,695/mo
3 beds · 2 baths · 1,101 sq ft
104 Luquer St #4CBrooklyn, NY 11231
95 1st Pl #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,995/mo
1 bed · 1 bath · 1,094 sq ft
95 1st Pl #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
33 4th St #807, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,300/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
33 4th St #807Brooklyn, NY 11231
140 Summit St #2A, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$11,995/mo
3 beds · 12 baths
140 Summit St #2ABrooklyn, NY 11231
439 Union St #1, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,000/mo
1 bed · 1 bath
439 Union St #1Brooklyn, NY 11231
230 Carroll St #1, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,200/mo
1 bed · 1 bath · 830 sq ft
230 Carroll St #1Brooklyn, NY 11231
205 Sackett St #2, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,500/mo
2 beds · 1 bath · 800 sq ft
205 Sackett St #2Brooklyn, NY 11231
390 Court St #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$8,062/mo
3 beds · 2 baths
390 Court St #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
97 1st Pl #4, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$9,950/mo
4 beds · 2 baths
97 1st Pl #4Brooklyn, NY 11231
319 Union St #4, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,000/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
319 Union St #4Brooklyn, NY 11231
1 N 4th Pl #Penthouse 3D, Brooklyn, NY 11249
$4,514/mo
Studio · 1 bath
1 N 4th Pl #Penthouse 3DBrooklyn, NY 11249
89 1st Pl #5, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,950/mo
3 beds · 2 baths · 1,300 sq ft
89 1st Pl #5Brooklyn, NY 11231
546 Henry St #3D, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,550/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
546 Henry St #3DBrooklyn, NY 11231
121 3rd Pl #5, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,000/mo
1 bed · 1 bath · 895 sq ft
121 3rd Pl #5Brooklyn, NY 11231
267 Sackett St #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,250/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
267 Sackett St #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
61 3rd Pl #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,998/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
61 3rd Pl #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
87 3rd St #2, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,400/mo
2 beds · 1 bath · 900 sq ft
87 3rd St #2Brooklyn, NY 11231
345 Carroll St #3G, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,800/mo
2 beds · 2 baths · 1,003 sq ft
345 Carroll St #3GBrooklyn, NY 11231
411 Sackett St #2, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$18,950/mo
3 beds · 2.5 baths
411 Sackett St #2Brooklyn, NY 11231
158 President St #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,500/mo
2 beds · 2 baths · 1,300 sq ft
158 President St #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
22 2nd St #1, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$15,000/mo
5 beds · 2.5 baths
22 2nd St #1Brooklyn, NY 11231
316 Union St #1, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,000/mo
1 bed · 1 bath
316 Union St #1Brooklyn, NY 11231
314 Carroll St #2F, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,095/mo
1 bed · 1 bath
314 Carroll St #2FBrooklyn, NY 11231
560 Court St #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,738/mo
3 beds · 2 baths
560 Court St #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
270 Smith St #2, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$5,000/mo
2 beds · 1 bath · 800 sq ft
270 Smith St #2Brooklyn, NY 11231
146 Nelson St #3, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$7,155/mo
3 beds · 2 baths
146 Nelson St #3Brooklyn, NY 11231
45 Garnet St #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$4,900/mo
1 bed · 1.5 baths · 1,288 sq ft
45 Garnet St #1BBrooklyn, NY 11231
329 Union St #1C, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$7,500/mo
5 beds · 3 baths
329 Union St #1CBrooklyn, NY 11231
326 Bond St #4F, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$6,300/mo
2 beds · 1 bath
326 Bond St #4FBrooklyn, NY 11231

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Carroll Gardens Snapshot

About Carroll Gardens

Introduction

Carroll Gardens is a historically Italian area just south of Cobble Hill. Though largely gentrified, it still has colorful vestiges of the former neighborhood: old men playing bocce in Carroll Park, longtime butchers hawking sopressata, and over-the-top Christmas lights. Development has picked up in recent years--even some of the churches have been turned into condominiums--but Carroll Gardens retains a sense of community, partly because limited subway options distance it from the fray. Most blocks have three- to four-story brownstones or brick row houses, some with front gardens. The small-town vibe is laced with the borough’s signature mix of artisanal food shops, craft cocktails, and vintage decor, plus restaurants that are destinations in themselves.

Transportation

Carroll Gardens is bounded by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Gowanus Expressway to the west, 9th Street to the south, Degraw Street to the north, and Hoyt Street to the east. The area is served by the F and G trains, running along Smith Street, the B57 bus on Court and Smith Streets, and the B61 on Columbia Street. At just three miles to lower Manhattan, it's also easy to commute by bike, and in the morning there's a steady stream of cyclists heading north on Clinton and Smith Streets.

Livability

The neighborhood attracts both families drawn to quiet, friendly blocks and young professionals looking to live somewhere cool and interesting. It feels more creative and down-to-earth than the more patrician Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights nearby. That's partly because it was a blue-collar and immigrant area until about 25 years ago, but the commute also puts off harried corporate workers. For better subway connections, consider Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, and north Park Slope. Carroll Gardens is great for freelancers, though, and cafes and bars are busy with people typing on MacBooks.

Carroll Park is the local gathering place, always busy with a mix of people that reflect the neighborhood. There are nannies watching kids in the playground, old-timers chatting on benches, and yuppies eating gourmet deli sandwiches. It has pretty flower beds tended by volunteers and a greenmarket on Sundays. It's not big enough for sports, for which you have to travel two miles to Prospect Park. The sorry dog run at the edge of the neighborhood is currently under renovation, and the nearest ones are in Park Slope or Brooklyn Heights.

Demographics

Carroll Gardens is a mix of single and family households. with 44% of people married and 41% not. A quarter of residents are in their 30s.

Commutes

Most people have at least a half-hour commute. It's 30 to 45 minutes for 28% of residents and 45 to 60 minutes for 30% of them.

Neighborhood Life

The parallel Smith and Court Streets are lined with independent shops and restaurants. There's a pleasant weekend buzz as people wait for brunch tables and wander into boutiques, with sidewalks packed with groups of stylish friends and families. In the summer, restaurant windows are open and outdoor tables full. Hip and characterful, these are the kind of places regularly written up in magazines (see Prime Meats, Dover, Buttermilk Channel), so there's often a wait for tables—this being Brooklyn, few take reservations. Food stores in the neighborhood are also excellent. Italian stalwarts include 90-year-old Esposito's, famous for its sandwiches and cured meats; D'Amico coffee, which has sold house-roasted beans for 60 years; and Caputo's bakery, founded in 1904, with its popular lard bread. Relative newcomer Stinky Bklyn is the go-to for obscure cheeses and a variety of cocktail bitters. It's fun shopping for a dinner party here.

Carroll Gardens History

A short walk from the harbor and the Gowanus canal, Carroll Gardens was long home to dock workers and immigrants. The first wave of settlers were Irish, in the early-19th century, followed by Italians from the late-19th century until the 1950s. There are still some Italian fraternal and benevolent societies here, established to help immigrants and give them a support network. But Italians today make up less than a quarter of the population. Middle-class professionals started buying up townhouses here in the 1960s and 1970s, and the median household income has doubled since 1980. [these stats from: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/realestate/new-roots-in-carroll-gardens.html]

The area was considered part of Red Hook until the 1960s, when the two areas were divided by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. A civic group rechristened it in honor of Charles Carroll, an Irish signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the large front gardens in front of the houses on 1st to 4th Places. Part of the area was designated a historic district in 1973 (President and Carroll Streets between Smith and Hoyt Streets), but most of it is not, which allows for more new development here than in some of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Notable Addresses

467 Court Street — St. Mary Star of the Sea, built in 1851, is where Al Capone got married.
151 Union Street — Ferdinando's Focacceria, an 100 year-old Sicilian restaurant where Martin Scorsese filmed a scene for The Departed
396 Clinton Street — The Carroll Gardens library, a Carnegie building, dates to 1905.
335 Smith Street — Brooklyn Social, the one Italian men's club that you can get into, now that it's a bar.
537 Clinton Street — where playwright Tony Kushner wrote Angels in America