Franklin Street & Dupont Street

Franklin Street and Dupont Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Greenpoint Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2017 and 2022, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Franklin St/Green St · B32
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Street & Dupont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint 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 Franklin St/Green St, 760 feet away, for the B32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin St/Green St B32
    760 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Franklin Street.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin St & Dupont St 27 docks in all
    50 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 321 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 179 Freeman Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2017 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 1,313 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dupont Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dupont Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Franklin Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Franklin Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bunny Hill Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  2. The Goddard School of Greenpoint Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenpoint Playground
    50 feet
  2. Newtown Barge Playground
    410 feet
  3. Greenpoint Landing Park
    690 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Greenpoint Landing Public space
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. SS Cyril & Methodius RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dupont Street or Franklin 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.