Driggs Avenue & Kingsland Avenue

Driggs Avenue and Kingsland Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Msgr. McGolrick Park is 310 feet away, and Winthrop Park Shelter Pavilion stands 670 feet away, built in 1910. The nearest bus stop, Meeker Av/Kingsland Av, is 400 feet away for the B24, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Meeker Av/Kingsland Av · B24
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & Kingsland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Meeker Av/Kingsland Av, 400 feet away, for the B24.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Meeker Av/Kingsland Av B24
    400 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 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
    520 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 June 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Driggs Avenue

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

East side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • 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
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Monitor Memorial Statue by Antonio de Filippo, 1938
    590 feet
  2. Greenpoint War Memorial Statue by Carl Augustus Heber, 1923
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 110 the Monitor School
    330 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    310 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    640 feet
  3. Fidelity Triangle
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Kingsland 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.