Calyer Street & Guernsey Street

Calyer Street and Guernsey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Greenpoint Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greenpoint Home for the Aged stands 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Manhattan Av/Calyer St · B43, B62
Within a walk
22 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Calyer Street & Guernsey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/Calyer St, 610 feet away, for the B43 and B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/Calyer St B43, B62
    610 feet
    B43 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Calyer St 20 docks in all
    290 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. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Calyer Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Calyer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Guernsey Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Guernsey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenpoint Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 234 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1868 and 1885.

  1. Greenpoint Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    250 feet
  2. Greenpoint Savings Bank Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Universalist Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont School
    440 feet
  3. Adapt Community Network the Greenpoint School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Winny's Happy Apple Place Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC - the Greenpoint School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 61 Franklin Street Garden
    780 feet
  2. American Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Bushwick Inlet Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 27-41 West Street Public space
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavas Israel Landmark
    500 feet
  2. Greenpoint Reformed Church House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Polish National Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Johns Lutheran Church Greenpoint House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Church of God of Greenpoint House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Greenpoint YMCA Recreation center
    480 feet
  2. Greenpoint Post Office
    480 feet
  3. Older adult center at 715 Leonard Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. 94th Precinct Police station
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Calyer Street or Guernsey Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.