Driggs Avenue & Newel Street

Driggs Avenue and Newel Street meet at a three-way junction 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. McCarren Park is 1,090 feet away, and P.S. 110 the Monitor is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Graham Av/Driggs Av · B43
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & Newel Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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, 350 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nassau Ave & Newell St 51 docks in all
    830 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Newel Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Newel Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    170 feet
  2. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  3. P.S. 110 the Monitor School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    660 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    760 feet
  3. McCarren Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lentol Garden
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    690 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 12 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Newel 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.