McGuinness Boulevard & Norman Avenue

McGuinness Boulevard and Norman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 54 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
770 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Nassau Av/McGuinness Blvd · B48
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McGuinness Boulevard & Norman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    770 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Greenpoint Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/McGuinness Blvd B48
    750 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Norman Ave & Leonard St 31 docks in all
    530 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    980 feet
  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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 54 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,826th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 243 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on McGuinness Boulevard5418
Northbound on McGuinness Boulevard–225
Total54243

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of McGuinness Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of McGuinness Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Norman Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Norman Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (early), and built in 1867.

  1. Public School 34 Designated landmark
    180 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry School
    260 feet
  2. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Winny's Happy Apple Place Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center Library
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of Greenpoint House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Polish National Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along McGuinness Boulevard or Norman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.