Humboldt Street & Driggs Avenue

Humboldt Street and Driggs Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Winthrop Park Shelter Pavilion stands 730 feet away, built in 1910. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them parks, and 32 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Graham Av/Driggs Av · B43
Within a walk
11 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Driggs Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Driggs Av, 700 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Driggs Av B43
    700 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Driggs Ave & N Henry St 57 docks in all
    550 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Renaissance, and built in 1910.

  1. Winthrop Park Shelter Pavilion Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Monsignor McGolrick Park.

  1. Greenpoint War Memorial Statue by Carl Augustus Heber, 1923
    680 feet
  2. Monitor Memorial Statue by Antonio de Filippo, 1938
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    500 feet
  2. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. P.S. 110 the Monitor School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    310 feet
  2. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    410 feet
  3. Lentol Garden
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Fidelity Triangle
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Monsignor McGolrick Park and Shelter Pavilion Listed historic place
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    340 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or Humboldt 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.