Humboldt Street & Bayard Street

Humboldt Street and Bayard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A designated landmark, 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, stands 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 19 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Graham Av/Bayard St · B43
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Bayard Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Graham Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Bayard St, 460 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Bayard St B43
    460 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Engert Ave & McGuinness Blvd 19 docks in all
    350 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, 630 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    490 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2022

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

  1. 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. John Ericsson Middle School 126 School
    1,110 feet
  2. Northside Charter High School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lentol Garden
    60 feet
  2. Ericsson Playground
    960 feet
  3. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Fidelity Triangle
    1,170 feet
  3. McCarren Park
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bayard Street, Humboldt Street or McGuinness Boulevard South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.