Lorimer Street & Calyer Street

Lorimer Street and Calyer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Greenpoint Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Manhattan Av/Calyer St · B43, B62
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lorimer Street & Calyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint Av G
    1,070 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    1,310 feet
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manhattan Av/Calyer St, 360 feet away, for the B43 and B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manhattan Av/Calyer St B43, B62
    360 feet
    B43 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lorimer St & Calyer St 20 docks in all
    40 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2021.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1894 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Calyer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Calyer Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Lorimer Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lorimer Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 305808.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Greenpoint Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 228 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1868 and 1885.

  1. Greenpoint Savings Bank Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Greenpoint Home for the Aged Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Union Baptist Church Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    70 feet
  2. P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont School
    440 feet
  3. Adapt Community Network the Greenpoint School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Winny's Happy Apple Place Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Ucp of NYC - the Greenpoint School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 61 Franklin Street Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. American Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenpoint Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greenpoint Reformed Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Polish National Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. St Johns Lutheran Church Greenpoint House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation Ahavas Israel House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Church of God of Greenpoint House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Greenpoint YMCA Recreation center
    350 feet
  2. Greenpoint Post Office
    730 feet
  3. Older adult center at 715 Leonard Street Older adult center
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. 94th Precinct Police station
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    450 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Calyer Street or Lorimer Street.

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