Humboldt Street & Nassau Avenue

Humboldt Street and Nassau 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. The statue “Greenpoint War Memorial” is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat. About 2,300 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
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Nassau Av/Humboldt St · B48
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Nassau Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Humboldt St, 40 feet away, for the B48.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/Humboldt St B48
    40 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Nassau Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nassau Ave & Russell St 51 docks in all
    310 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Nassau Avenue

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

South side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

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 one work near this corner, in Monsignor McGolrick Park.

  1. Greenpoint War Memorial Statue by Carl Augustus Heber, 1923
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    1,170 feet
  2. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  3. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    310 feet
  2. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    540 feet
  3. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Humboldt Street or Nassau Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.