Greenpoint Avenue & Van Dam Street
Greenpoint Avenue and Van Dam Street meet at a three-way junction in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Daniel Kish Memorial Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Van Dam St/Review Av, is 220 feet away for the B24, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine places to eat. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Van Dam St/Review Av, 220 feet away, for the B24.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Van Dam St/Review Av B24220 feetB24
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Greenpoint Avenue.
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Review Ave & Greenpoint Ave 17 docks in all190 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 34-10 Borden Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers950 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11101
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26
- Police precinct
- 108
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sunnyside
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Daniel Kish Memorial Square, a co-naming enacted on March 30, 1950 (Local Law 6 of 1950).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 170 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hawthorn and the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Daniel Kish Memorial Square.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- JJ Byrne Memorial Bridge & Greenpoint Avenue 180 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Review Avenue 220 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Starr Avenue 360 feet
- 35th Street & Van Dam Street 440 feet
- 37th Street & Review Avenue 440 feet
- 35th Street & Review Avenue 460 feet
- Van Dam Street & Starr Avenue 530 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Railroad Avenue 540 feet
See every intersection along Greenpoint Avenue or Van Dam Street.