Driggs Avenue & Russell Street

Driggs Avenue and Russell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Greenpoint War Memorial” is 520 feet away, and the statue “Monitor Memorial” is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & Russell 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 nine 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, 960 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 31 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
    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, 0.3 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 four 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 foot

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of Russell Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Russell Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    550 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    50 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    160 feet
  3. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fidelity Triangle
    1,050 feet
  2. Lentol Garden
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    80 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Russell 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.