Driggs Avenue & Diamond Street

Driggs Avenue and Diamond Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Msgr. McGolrick Park is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Graham Av/Driggs Av · B43
Within a walk
10 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & Diamond Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Driggs Av, 600 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Driggs Av B43
    600 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 17 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. Driggs Ave & N Henry St 57 docks in all
    650 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Diamond Street

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

West side of Diamond Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Renaissance, and built in 1910.

  1. Winthrop Park Shelter Pavilion Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Monsignor McGolrick Park.

  1. Greenpoint War Memorial Statue by Carl Augustus Heber, 1923
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    400 feet
  2. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  3. P.S. 110 the Monitor School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    400 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    510 feet
  3. Lentol Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Monsignor McGolrick Park and Shelter Pavilion Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    430 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Diamond Street or Driggs Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.