Greenpoint Avenue & Provost Street

Greenpoint Avenue and Provost Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 238/Ladder 106 firehouse is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Greenpoint Av/Provost St · B24
Within a walk
1 place
1 fire station, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenpoint Avenue & Provost Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint 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 Greenpoint Av/Provost St, 140 feet away, for the B24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greenpoint Av/Provost St B24
    140 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Greenpoint Avenue and Provost Street.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Calyer St & Jewel St 40 docks in all
    490 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    460 feet
  2. 1038 Manhattan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greenpoint Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 21 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Provost Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Provost Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station

Fire and police

  1. Engine 238/Ladder 106 Fire station
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenpoint Avenue or Provost Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.