Greenpoint Avenue & Russell Street
Greenpoint Avenue and Russell Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The installation “Edge of the Plant/Edge of the Neighborhood” is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Greenpoint Av G0.5 milesG
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- G …
Southbound
1 line- G …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Greenpoint Av/N Henry St, 160 feet away, for the B24.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Greenpoint Av/N Henry St B24160 feetB24
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Greenpoint Avenue.
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Greenpoint Ave & Monitor St 20 docks in all530 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.
- 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station1,020 feet
- 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
- 6 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Greenpoint Avenue
- No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
East side of Russell Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
West side of Russell Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Visitor Center at the Newtown Creek Water Treatment Plant.
- Edge of the Plant/Edge of the Neighborhood Installation by Vito Acconci, 2010190 feet
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A signal or safety change
- Homes within 820 feet
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Humboldt Street & Greenpoint Avenue 270 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & North Henry Street 280 feet
- Russell Street & Calyer Street 420 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Monitor Street 550 feet
- Humboldt Street & Calyer Street 620 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Moultrie Street 730 feet
- JJ Byrne Memorial Bridge & Greenpoint Avenue 820 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Kingsland Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Greenpoint Avenue or Russell Street.