Banker Street & North 15th Street

Banker Street and North 15th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The sculpture “Bound Hands Rising Free” is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Lorimer St/Nassau Av · B48
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Banker Street & North 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av G
    1,150 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Nassau Av, 960 feet away, for the B48.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Nassau Av B48
    960 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Banker Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 15 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 15 St & Wythe Ave 54 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    650 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Greenpoint
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Banker Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of Banker Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Banker Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Banker Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of North 15th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of North 15th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of North 15th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in McCarren Park.

  1. Bound Hands Rising Free Sculpture by Thomas Cleveland, 2000
    510 feet
  2. Father Jerzy Popieluszko Monument Sculpture by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1990
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A-Tech High School
    480 feet
  2. Atelier de la casa Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    440 feet
  2. Bushwick Inlet Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Banker's Anchor Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    130 feet
  2. Public space at 25 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Banker Street or North 15th 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.