Manhattan Avenue & Newton Street

Manhattan Avenue and Newton Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. John Ericsson Middle School 126 is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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
550 feet
Graham Av/Bayard St · B43
Within a walk
11 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Manhattan Avenue & Newton 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.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 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
    0.5 miles
    G L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Graham Av/Bayard St, 550 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Manhattan Avenue and Newton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Manhattan Ave & Leonard St 18 docks in all
    370 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, 890 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 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 July 2017.

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 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

East side of Manhattan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Newton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Newton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ericsson Playground
    60 feet
  2. McCarren Park
    590 feet
  3. Vincent V Abate Playground
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lentol Garden
    740 feet
  2. Badame Sessa Triangle
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. McCarren Play Center Recreation center · landmark
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 229/Ladder 146 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Manhattan Avenue or Newton 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.