Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Real Estate

Get to know Carroll Gardens

South of Cobble Hill and north of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens was long simply part of the latter neighborhood. Then the Gowanus Expressway opened in 1941 and the two areas diverged, though it wasn’t until the 1960s that the name Carroll Gardens was coined and took hold. The area’s history as part of Red Hook is still in the air, and it's home to a terrific array of restaurants, bakeries, and coffeeshops popular with tourists and locals alike. Carroll Gardens is also known for the unusual shape of the lots on many streets, with houses having large front yards thanks to the original 1846 street plan for the development. Many of them are lush and green with plants, hence the “gardens” in the neighborhood’s name.

Nearby Neighborhoods:

Get to know our homes for sale in Carroll Gardens

You can also check out our homes for rent in Carroll Gardens

Commerce & Culture

For a small neighborhood, Carroll Gardens can boast that it has three busy commercial streets. One of the best-known restaurant rows of Brooklyn, Smith Street, runs near its eastern edge. Court Street, which is a major thoroughfare of both Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, has not only old-school restaurants that have been open for generations, but also more recent arrivals. Union Street, which runs perpendicular to Court and Smith, is more of a mix of residential and commercial, and a few local favorites can be found on Union or just off of it — Mazzola Bakery, Lucali, and Fragole, just to name a few.