Franklin Street & Huron Street

Franklin Street and Huron Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Java Street Community Garden is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 48 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Franklin St/India St · B32
Within a walk
9 places
3 public spaces, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Street & Huron Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint Av G
    1,160 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin St/India St, 200 feet away, for the B32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Huron St & Franklin St 35 docks in all
    60 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 321 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Huron Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    800 feet
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 155 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Huron Street

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

South side of Huron Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 24 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1867 and 1899.

  1. Astral Apartments Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bunny Hill Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Greenpoint Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Java Street Community Garden
    670 feet
  2. Greenpoint Public Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Greenpoint Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 155 West Street Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at Greenpoint Landing Public space
    950 feet
  3. India Street Pier Public space
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Church Greenpoint Landmark
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Street or Huron 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.