Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
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Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Encompassing approximately 40 city blocks, it is bounded by Degraw and Warren Streets (north), Hoyt and Smith Streets (east), Ninth Street or the Gowanus Expressway (south), and Interstate 278, the Gowanus and Brooklyn–Queens Expressways (west).<ref name=encnyc>Ellin, Nan. "Carroll Gardens" in Template:Cite enc-nyc2, p.107.</ref><ref name=brookneighb /><ref>"Carroll Gardens" on Google Maps. Retrieved February 20, 2015.</ref> The neighborhoods that surround it are Cobble Hill to the northwest, Boerum Hill to the northeast, Gowanus to the east, Red Hook to the south and southwest, and the Columbia Street Waterfront District to the west.<ref>Map at Jackson and Manbeck (2004), p.xxxi.</ref>
Originally considered to be part of the area once known as South Brooklyn (or, more specifically, Red Hook), the area started to have its own identity in the 1960s.<ref name=encnyc /><ref name=desrep /> The neighborhood was named after Charles Carroll, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, and whose name was already attached to Carroll Street and Carroll Park.<ref name=park /> The name also reflects the large front gardens of brownstones in the Carroll Gardens Historic District and elsewhere in the neighborhood. Despite having an Irish surname, in recent times it has been known as an Italian American neighborhood.
Carroll Gardens is part of Brooklyn Community District 6, and its primary ZIP Code is 11231.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the 76th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.<ref name="NYPD 76th Precinct"/> and is served by the New York City Fire Department's Engine Company 239, Engine Co. 279/Ladder Co. 131 and Engine Company 202/Ladder Company 101.<ref name=brookneighb /> Politically, Carroll Gardens is represented by the New York City Council's 39th District.<ref>Current City Council Districts for Kings County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.</ref>
History
19th century
Carroll Gardens was settled in the 19th century by immigrants from Ireland,<ref name=encnyc /> followed in the middle of the century by Norwegian immigrants,<ref name="ctty">"Carroll Gardens, a Cozy Brooklyn Locale" Template:Webarchive Ctty (July 24, 2014).</ref> who founded two churches, the Norwegian Seaman's Church (formerly the Westminster Presbyterian Church), now apartments, and the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church (formerly the Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church, no longer extant).<ref name=aia />
The development of the South Brooklyn area, including Carroll Gardens, was aided by the foundation in 1846 by philanthropists Henry Pierrepont and Jacob E. Leroy of the Hamilton Avenue Ferry. Its purpose was to improve transportation to the newly created Green-Wood Cemetery, but horse car service, and later trolley lines, connecting to the ferry ran through Carroll Gardens, enabling businessmen who lived there to commute more easily to work in Manhattan.<ref name=desrep />
In the late 1840s, Carroll Park, Brooklyn's third-oldest, a block-long area of playgrounds, walkways, and sitting areas between Court, Smith, Carroll, and President Streets was built. Originally a private garden, it was purchased by the city in 1853, and was named after Charles Carroll in honor of his Maryland regiment, which had helped to defend the area during the Battle of Long Island in the American Revolutionary War.<ref name=desrep /><ref name="park">"Carroll Park" on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website. Retrieved October 1, 2007.</ref><ref>Donovan, Aaron. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Carroll Gardens; Area of Gardens and 19th-Century Charm", The New York Times(May 12, 2002). Retrieved October 1, 2007.</ref>
In 1846, surveyor Richard Butt planned gardens in front of the brownstone houses in the oldest section of the neighborhood when he developed it.<ref name=brookneighb /> The homes are set farther back from the street than is common in Brooklyn, and the large gardens became an iconic depiction of the neighborhood. The same year, a law was passed requiring that all buildings between Henry Street and Smith Street have Template:Convert between the building and the street for "courtyards".<ref name="cgna">Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association website Template:Webarchive Retrieved June 6, 2014.</ref> The large gardens can be seen from First to Fourth Place between Henry and Smith Streets, as well as on President, Carroll, and Second Streets between Smith and Hoyt Streets.<ref name=encnyc />
Further development of the Carroll Gardens was aided by the draining in the late 1860s of the swampland which surrounded Gowanus Creek through the deepening and dredging of the Creek to create the Gowanus Canal. This provoked land speculation and a building boom throughout the area. It was during this period, from the late 1860s to the early 1880s, that the area which is now the Carroll Gardens Historic District began to be developed.<ref name=desrep />
20th century
Italian immigrants began coming to the neighborhood in the late 19th century – dock workers and workers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard<ref name=brookneighb /> – continuing through the 1950s, which led to much of the Irish population of the area leaving beginning in the 1920s.<ref name=encnyc /> The rise of the Italian population provoked questions about the role of the Mafia in the neighborhood. One theory has it that Carroll Gardens, which lies between a territory traditionally controlled by the Gambino crime family and one controlled by the Colombo family, is considered to be neutral territory, and has been, for the most part, left alone.<ref name=brookneighb />
Carroll Gardens had long been considered to be part of either the larger area referred to as South Brooklyn, or the neighborhood known as Red Hook. That neighborhood had an informal division in the 1930s and 1940s along Hamilton Avenue, with kids from south of the avenue, mostly of Italian descent, calling themselves "Hookers" or "Hookies" after Red Hook, and kids north of the street, mostly Irish, in what would now be Carroll Gardens called "Creekers" or "Creekies" after the now-drained Gowanus Creek.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=nytbias /> Violence between the two groups was common.<ref name=nytbias /> The division between the neighborhoods became even stronger beginning in the late 1940s when Robert Moses built the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Gowanus Expressway, which started the process of the Carroll Gardens area taking on a separate and distinct character of its own; the neighborhood's name came from the Carroll Gardens Association, which had been created to advocate for neighborhood improvements.<ref>Fioravante, Janice. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Carroll Gardens; A Neighborly Neighborhood in Brooklyn", The New York Times, March 5, 1995. Retrieved November 12, 2017. "Until the 1960s, the neighborhood was considered part of Brooklyn's Red Hook section. Then, partly in response to the flight of many people to the suburbs, neighborhood residents formed an organization to improve the area; they called it the Carroll Gardens Association. When, also in the 60's, the neighborhood was cut off from Red Hook by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, it took its new name from the association."</ref>
In the 1960s, young middle-class professionals began to be attracted to the Carroll Garden area due to its convenience to Manhattan, where many of them worked, and its growing reputation as a safe and quiet place to live. This began the gentrification of the neighborhood, and a response from older residents, who did not appreciate these "hippie" newcomers who had no ties to the community. Regardless, the neighborhood gradually received its own name at that time,<ref name=brookneighb>"Carroll Gardens" in Jackson and Manbeck (2004), pp. 54–57.</ref> and the Carroll Gardens Association was formed in 1964. One result was that the decades-long control of the area by a political machine was ended.<ref name=encnyc /><ref name=brookneighb />
Today, Carroll Gardens is predominantly upper middle-class, while Red Hook, which had retained its working-class, waterfront ambiance, has only recently begun to feel the effects of gentrification.<ref>"Red Hook" in Jackson and Manbeck (2004), pp. 187–190.</ref> However, the two neighborhoods have historically both been working-class and a mix of working-class Italian-American, African-American, and Hispanic-American residents, as well as more recent Arab-American immigrant families. As late as the 1990s, several highly publicized incidents of violence underscored the tension between working-class African-Americans from Red Hook and working-class Italian-American residents of Carroll Gardens.<ref name="nytbias">Template:Cite news</ref>
21st century
Carroll Gardens is still largely known as an Italian-American neighborhood, but the Italian population has decreased in recent years from 52 percent of the population in 1980 to 22 percent in 2012.<ref name="roots">Template:Cite news</ref> Still, despite the decline in the Italian segment of the population and the effects of gentrification, the neighborhood remains a strongly Italian one. Italians in the neighborhood often play bocce games, speak several dialects of Italian, and operate many Italian restaurants and shops, as well as join fraternal and benevolent associations attached to specific towns in Italy.<ref name=encnyc /> The Roman Catholicism of the Italian population is still evident in the many shrines, especially to the Virgin Mary, which can be seen in front gardens in the neighborhood, and the 70-year tradition of an Our Lady of Sorrows procession celebrating Good Friday continues.<ref name=brookneighb /> Adult children who had moved away from Carroll Gardens have started returning to the neighborhood to raise their children.<ref name=brookneighb />
The area has seen an increase in French immigrants starting in the 21st century.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Carroll Gardens and the surrounding neighborhoods are sometimes referred to as "Little France" or "Little Paris" due to the growing French population.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Semple, Kirk. "A Big Advocate of French in New York's Schools: France", The New York Times, January 30, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2018. "Carroll Gardens, and the adjoining neighborhoods of Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, are now dotted with French-owned cafes and restaurants. Smith Street, a main road, is blocked off every year on Bastille Day for a street fair: The tricolor flies from shopfronts, boules are played, crepes are eaten. The area, predictably, has been called Little France and Little Paris."</ref> Bastille Day celebrations are held on July 14 of each year.<ref>Szabla, C. "The Italians, the French, and the Catholic Shrines of Brooklyn" Maisonneuve(December 6, 2011).</ref><ref name="NYDNFrench">Hays, Elizabeth. "Brooklyn's old Italian stronghold is becoming more and more French" New York Daily News (March 9, 2009).</ref> International School of Brooklyn, a Nursery-8th grade independent school, offers a French and Spanish language immersion program. One of the public schools in Carroll Gardens, The Carroll School (P.S. 58), also has one of the area's French dual-language programs, which was one of the first such French programs at a public school in the city.<ref name="WSJFrench">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NYTFrench">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NYDNFrench" /><ref name="DualLanguageps58" /> A Catholic mass in French is said every Sunday at the St. Agnes Church in Carroll Gardens. This initiative of the diocese of Brooklyn occurred after the neighboring Archdiocese of New York, incurred the wrath of French worshipers in Manhattan by deciding to close the French national parish of St. Vincent de Paul Church.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> French expatriates operate several restaurants and shops in the neighborhood, including La Cigogne, Café Luluc, Provence en boite, French Louie, Chez Moi, and Bar Tabac.
Carroll Gardens Historic District
Template:Main The development of what is now the Carroll Gardens Historic District began in the 1870s, due in part to its proximity to Carroll Park. The district was created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973. It includes houses located in a rough rectangle bounded by Carroll, President, Smith, and Hoyt Streets, as well as the western ends of the two blocks between President Street and First Street. The district includes some of the finest examples of brownstones with large front gardens.<ref name="desrep">"Carroll Gardens Historic District Designation Report" Template:Webarchive New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (September 25, 1973).</ref>
Points of interest
- The John Rankin House, 440 Clinton Street, built c.1840 in the Greek Revival style. When Rankin, a wealthy merchant, built this house, which was one of the largest of the 1840s in Brooklyn, the area was still primarily farmland, and the house had a view of Upper New York Bay. The house was designated a New York City landmark in 1970 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=aia>"Carroll Gardens" in Template:Cite AIA5</ref><ref name=nycland /><ref>"John Rankin House Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (July 14, 1970).</ref>
- The South Congregational Church Complex included the Early Romanesque Revival Church and Chapel at 358–366 Court Street, built in 1851 (chapel) and 1857 (church); the neo-Gothic Rectory at 255 President Street, built in 1893 and designed by Woodruff Leeming; and the Ladies Parlor at 257 President Street, built in 1889 and designed by F. Carles Merry in the Romanesque Revival style. At one time the chapel became the Calvary Baptist Church of Red Hook. All of the buildings have been converted to condominium apartments. The complex in a New York City landmark, designated in 1982.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=aia /><ref name=nycland>"Carroll Gardens, Gowanus" in Template:Cite nycland, pp.247–249.</ref>
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 199 Carroll Street. The congregation was founded in 1849, during the heyday of Brooklyn's industrialization, and the church was built in 1867–84 and was designed by the firm Richard Upjohn & Son in the Victorian Gothic style.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=aia />
- The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen's Church at Summit and Hicks Streets, was built c.1860 as St. Stephen's Church; the parish's name changed when it merged with another which lost its church in 1941 due to the building of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. This church was designed by Patrick Charles Keely in the Gothic Revival style.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=aia /><ref>"A Brief History" on the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen's Church website.</ref>
- The Westminster Presbyterian Church at 450 Clinton Avenue at First Place was built c.1865 in the Romanesque Revival style. It became Den Norske Sjomannskirke (the Norwegian Seaman's Church), founded by Norwegian immigrants; it was once visited by the King of Norway during an official visit to the United States. The church building has now been converted to condominium apartments.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=ctty /><ref name=aia /> However, there is a Norwegian Seamen's Church located in Manhattan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, located at 471 Court Street between Luquer and Nelson Streets was built in 1853 and was designed by Patrick Charles Keely. Originally constructed to serve as a cathedral, the church was built with Italian and European stones and marble. The church was where Al Capone married Mae Josephine Coughlin. A rectory and a girls' school – now the International School of Brooklyn – are also part of the church complex.<ref name=brookneighb /><ref name=aia /><ref>"Laying the Corner Stone of a Catholic Church" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 18, 1853).</ref><ref>"History" on the International School of Brooklyn website.</ref>
- Dennett Place is a short mews of residences running between Luquer and Nelson Streets in the block between Court and Smith Streets.<ref name=aia />
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Westminster Presbyterian, later Norwegian Seamen's Church, now apartments
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South Congregational Church, now apartments
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St Mary Star of the Sea Church
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The International School of Brooklyn, formerly a parish school for girls of St. Mary Star of the Sea
Demographics
Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of the Carroll Gardens/Columbia Street/Red Hook neighborhood tabulation area was 38,353, a change of 26 (0.1%) from the 38,327 counted in 2000. Covering an area of Template:Convert, the neighborhood had a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name=PLP5>Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2016.</ref>
The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 60.9% (23,342) White, 11.9% (4,573) African American, 0.2% (61) Native American, 4.5% (1,728) Asian, 0% (13) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (143) from other races, and 2.4% (912) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.8% (7,581) of the population.<ref name=PLP3A>Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2016.</ref>
The entirety of Community Board 6, which covers areas around Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, had 109,351 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp This is slightly higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth: 18% are between the ages of 0–17, 46% between 25 and 44, and 20% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 5% and 10%, respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
As of 2016, the median household income in Community Board 6 was $134,804.<ref name="CB5PUMA">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, an estimated 10% of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens residents lived in poverty, compared to 21% in all of Brooklyn and 20% in all of New York City. Fewer than one in fifteen residents (6%) was unemployed, compared to 9% in the rest of both Brooklyn and New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who had difficulty paying their rent, was 37% in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 52% and 51%, respectively. Based on this calculation, Template:As of, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens were considered to be high-income and not gentrifying.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
Police and crime
Carroll Gardens is patrolled by the 76th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 191 Union Street.<ref name="NYPD 76th Precinct">Template:Cite web</ref> The 76th Precinct ranked 37th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.<ref name=":18">Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, with a non-fatal assault rate of 30 per 100,000 people, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens' rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 294 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
The 76th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 83.1% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 4 murders, 9 rapes, 53 robberies, 91 felony assaults, 65 burglaries, 210 grand larcenies, and 28 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Fire safety
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) operates three fire stations serving Carroll Gardens:<ref>Template:Cite FDNY locations</ref>
- Engine Co. 202/Ladder Co. 101 – 31 Richards Street<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Engine Co. 279/Ladder Co. 131 – 252 Lorraine Street<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Engine Co. 239 – 395 4th Avenue<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Health
Preterm and teenage births are less common in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens than in other places citywide. In Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, there were 27 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 7.9 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Park Slope and Carroll Gardens has a relatively high population of residents who are uninsured, or who receive healthcare through Medicaid.<ref name=":14">New York City Health Provider Partnership Brooklyn Community Needs Assessment: Final Report, New York Academy of Medicine (October 3, 2014).</ref> In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 22%, which is higher than the citywide rate of 12%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens is Template:Convert, higher than the citywide and boroughwide averages.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Fifteen percent of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens residents are smokers, which is slightly higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, 15% of residents are obese, 6% are diabetic, and 22% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In addition, 9% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
Ninety-four percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 88% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", greater than the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp For every supermarket in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, there are 12 bodegas.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
Education
Park Slope and Carroll Gardens generally have a much higher ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city Template:As of. The majority (74%) of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, while 9% have less than a high school education and 17% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 40% of Brooklynites and 38% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp The percentage of Park Slope and Carroll Gardens students excelling in reading and math has been increasing, with reading achievement rising from 41 percent in 2000 to 53 percent in 2011, and math achievement rising from 35 percent to 64 percent within the same time period.<ref name=":17">Template:Cite web</ref>
Park Slope and Carroll Gardens's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, 11% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, compared to the citywide average of 20% of students.<ref name=":21" />Template:Rp<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Additionally, 77% of high school students in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens graduate on time, higher than the citywide average of 75% of students.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp
Schools
The New York City Department of Education operates a number of public schools in the neighborhood: Patrick F. Daly (P.S. 15), John M. Harrigan (P.S. 29), The Carroll School (P.S. 58), Samuel Mills Sprole (P.S. 32), the Brooklyn New School (P.S. 146), Brooklyn School of Collaborative Studies (M.S. 448), and the School for Innovation (M.S. 442). The Carroll School (P.S. 58) is known for its dual-language immersion program, which offers a French immersion experience in both English and French for a portion of the students at the school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This program, which began in 2007, has encouraged a growing French-speaking population in the neighborhood.<ref name="NYDNFrench" /><ref name="WSJFrench" /><ref name="NYTFrench" /><ref name="DualLanguageps58">Template:Cite web</ref>
Also in the area are the New Dawn Charter High School, International School of Brooklyn, Hannah Senesh Community Day School, the Mary McDowell Friends Middle School, and St. Mary's School.Template:Citation needed
Library
The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)'s Carroll Gardens branch is located at 396 Clinton Street near Union Street. The library, originally the Carroll Park branch, opened in 1901 in a rented facility. The library moved to its current facility, a Template:Convert Carnegie library designed by William B. Tubby, in 1905. After extensive renovations, the library received its current name in response to a request from the community.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sports
Several 19th-century baseball fields in the community, collectively referred to as Carroll Park, were home fields for several clubs from the early days of baseball, including Excelsior of Brooklyn before they moved to their Red Hook grounds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Transportation
The New York City Subway's Carroll Street and Smith–Ninth Streets stations service the Template:NYCS trains.<ref>Template:NYCS const</ref><ref name="bklynbus"/> Bus service through the neighborhood is available from the Template:NYC bus link on 9th Street and the Template:NYC bus link on Court and Smith Streets.<ref name="bklynbus">Template:Cite NYC bus map</ref>
Notable residents
- Lily Allen (born 1985), singer-songwriter and actress<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Nicole Beland, former Men's Health Girl Next Door<ref>Chung, Jen. "Nicole Beland, Writer/Girl Next Door" Template:Webarchive, Gothamist, July 20, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "Where do you live now: Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn".</ref>
- Mike Birbiglia, (born 1978), comedian, actor, director, producer and writer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Stanley Bosworth (1927–2011), founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, which he led from 1965 to 2004.<ref>Martin, Douglas. "Stanley Bosworth, Iconoclastic Head of Brooklyn School, Dies at 83", The New York Times, August 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2017. "Stanley Bosworth, a self-described 'old wizard' who shaped his own Hogwarts in Brooklyn in the form of Saint Ann's School, which rapidly gained national prominence for its free-form approach to education and its success in sending graduates to top colleges, died on Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 83.... Mr. Bosworth, who lived in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, was married three times."</ref>
- Salvatore Cassano (born 1945), 32nd New York City Fire Commissioner<ref>Baker, Al. "A Fire Commissioner Devoted to Family and Dedicated to the Safety of His Corps", The New York Times, December 23, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "Born on Jan. 22, 1945, as the second son in an Italian-American family, he was named after the father of his mother, Madeline. The Cassanos lived in South Brooklyn, in a walk-up on First Place in Carroll Gardens."</ref>
- Stanley Crouch (1945–2020), poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer<ref>Crouch, Stanley. "This crazy quilt called America", New York Daily News, March 28, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "In my Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, I often ride my bike over to the Clover Club to hear the Michael Arenella Quartet."</ref>
- Brendan J. Dugan (1947–2016), 18th President of St. Francis College<ref>Staff. "Brendan J. Dugan, transformational leader of St. Francis College, dies at age 69 ", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 19, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "'When you hung around with Brendan, unless you were in the banking business you really didn't really know he was a banker. Not only that, you didn't even know he was CEO of a bank,' said Domenick A. Cama, senior executive vice president and COO of Investors Bank who grew up with President Dugan in Carroll Gardens."</ref>
- Eileen C. Dugan (1945–1996), politician who served eight terms in the New York State Assembly.<ref>Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Eileen C. Dugan, 51, State Assemblywoman", The New York Times, November 9, 1996. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "Eileen C. Dugan, a Brooklyn Democrat who was elected to her ninth term in the New York State Assembly only on Tuesday, died yesterday at Beth Israel Medical Center. Ms. Dugan, who lived in Carroll Gardens, was 51."</ref>
- Dan Estabrook (born 1969), photographer<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- David Harbour (born 1975), actor<ref name=":0" />
- Angelica Hicks (born 1992), English fashion illustrator and TikToker<ref>Paton, Elizabeth. "Trends From Trash in the TikTok Age; Angelica Hicks has built a cult following with her witty re-creations of high-fashion outfits made from everyday items in her Brooklyn apartment.", The New York Times, September 26, 2022. Accessed January 15, 2024. "Ms. Hicks, 30, a British artist and illustrator who lives in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, has become something of a social media sensation thanks to her tongue-in-cheek posts of couture gowns and magazine-cover looks recreated with everyday household items like tights, tin foil and trash bags."</ref>
- Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American artist and actress best known for her role as Jessa Johansson on the television series Girls.<ref>Pang, Jeanine Celeste. "Jemima Kirke's Workout Thwarts the Usual Fitness Trends", T: The New York Times Style Magazine, March 24, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2017. "Four years ago, with a post-baby body that she couldn't quite shake despite the help of popular workout classes like Pure Barre and the Tracy Anderson Method, the Girls actor Jemima Kirke stumbled upon Brooklyn Strength, a Pilates and fitness studio in Brooklyn Heights, near her home in Carroll Gardens, N.Y."</ref>
- Solange Knowles (born 1986), singer, songwriter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Stacy London (born 1969), fashion stylist and media personality<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ari Melber (born 1980), MSNBC host of The Beat with Ari Melber<ref>Scott, Becky. "5 Things About Ari Melber, Greta Van Susteren's Replacement", The Forward, June 30, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "There's no doubt that Melber could afford a lovely Manhattan penthouse on his MSNBC salary – especially with the raise bound to be coming his way soon – but he opts instead to call the quaint Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens home."</ref>
- Jim Neu (1943–2010), playwright.<ref>Weber, Bruce. "Jim Neu, Creator of Wry Plays, Is Dead at 66", The New York Times, July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.</ref>
- Oz Pearlman (born 1982), mentalist and magician.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Joe Sarno (1921–2010), sexploitation film pioneer<ref>Grimes, William. "Joseph Sarno, Sexploitation Film Director, Dies at 89" The New York Times, May 3, 2010. Accessed December 16, 2020. "Joseph William Sarno was born on March 15, 1921, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, and grew up on Long Island in Amityville."</ref>
- Daniel Squadron (born 1979), former member of the New York Senate for the 26th district<ref>About Daniel L. Squadron, New York Senate, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "A graduate of Yale University, Senator Squadron lives in Carroll Gardens with his wife and two sons."</ref>
- George Weber (1961–2009), radio personality<ref>Hauser, Christine; and Moynihan, Colin. "16-Year-Old Arrested in Killing of Radio Journalist in Brooklyn", The New York Times, March 25, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2017. "Mr. Weber, 47, who recently had been working as a freelance anchor for ABC News Radio, the national network, was found in his apartment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, on Sunday."</ref>
In popular culture
- In the 1987 film Moonstruck, the characters played by Cher and Nicolas Cage met at the now closed Cammareri Brothers Bakery on Henry Street in Carroll Gardens.<ref name=brookneighb />