Leonard Street & Bayard Street

Leonard Street and Bayard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McCarren Park is 40 feet away, and Pvt. Sonsire Triangle is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them parks, and 22 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Lorimer St/Bayard St · B48
Within a walk
13 places
4 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Leonard 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 seven 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. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Bayard St, 510 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lorimer St/Bayard St B48
    510 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bayard Street and Leonard Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bayard St & Leonard St 43 docks in all
    90 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. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    410 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 April 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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-9PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bayard Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Leonard Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Leonard Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in McCarren Park.

  1. Double Sun Mural by Mary Temple, 2016
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    40 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    680 feet
  3. Ericsson Playground
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Vincent V Abate Playground
    750 feet
  2. Lentol Garden
    950 feet
  3. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    1,140 feet
  4. Father Giorgio Triangle
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Frost Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark
    500 feet
  2. School Settlement Association Community Center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bayard Street or Leonard 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.