Eckford Street & Engert Avenue

Eckford Street and Engert Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Vincent V Abate Playground is 430 feet away, and the mural “Double Sun” is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and 33 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Graham Av/Engert Av · B43
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eckford Street & Engert Avenue 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/Engert Av, 380 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Leonard St 18 docks in all
    480 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, 1,060 feet 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2018.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eckford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Eckford Street

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

North side of Engert Avenue

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

South side of Engert Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Double Sun Mural by Mary Temple, 2016
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    730 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    730 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    290 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    320 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    430 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lentol Garden
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eckford Street or Engert Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.