Driggs Avenue & McGuinness Boulevard

Driggs Avenue and McGuinness Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Msgr. McGolrick Park is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 43 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Graham Av/Driggs Av · B43
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & McGuinness Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 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, 120 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Engert Ave & McGuinness Blvd 19 docks in all
    660 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, 0.3 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of McGuinness Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of McGuinness Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 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
    430 feet
  3. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    860 feet
  2. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    890 feet
  3. Lentol Garden
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    990 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    920 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue, McGuinness Boulevard or McGuinness Boulevard South.

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