Kingsland Avenue & Norman Avenue

Kingsland Avenue and Norman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nassau Av/Kingsland Av, is 750 feet away for the B48, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Nassau Av/Kingsland Av · B48
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kingsland Avenue & Norman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Kingsland Av, 750 feet away, for the B48.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/Kingsland Av B48
    750 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N Henry St & Norman Ave 29 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

West side of Kingsland Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

North side of Norman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kingsland Avenue or Norman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.