Humboldt Street & Greenpoint Avenue
Humboldt Street and Greenpoint Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 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 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Greenpoint Av G0.4 milesG
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- G …
Southbound
1 line- G …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Greenpoint Av/Humboldt St, 50 feet away, for the B24.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Greenpoint Av/Humboldt St B2450 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 all810 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 station740 feet
- 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 11 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 3 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, August 2020
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 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Bloodgood' London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Greenpoint Avenue
- No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
East side of Humboldt Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Humboldt Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
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, 2010110 feet
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: homes within 820 feet, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Greenpoint Avenue & Russell Street 270 feet
- Humboldt Street & Calyer Street 340 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Moultrie Street 460 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & North Henry Street 550 feet
- Russell Street & Calyer Street 600 feet
- Calyer Street & Moultrie Street 710 feet
- Greenpoint Avenue & Jewel Street 710 feet
- Humboldt Street & Meserole Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along Greenpoint Avenue or Humboldt Street.