Manhattan Avenue & Eckford Street

Manhattan Avenue and Eckford Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Ericsson Playground is 60 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 playgrounds, and 20 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Graham Av/Bayard St · B43
Within a walk
9 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Eckford Street 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 Graham Av/Bayard St, 640 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Graham Av/Bayard St B43
    640 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Leonard St 18 docks in all
    270 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. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2019.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eckford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Eckford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ericsson Playground
    60 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    490 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lentol Garden
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eckford Street or Manhattan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.