Monitor Street & Nassau Avenue

Monitor Street and Nassau Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Monitor Memorial” is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Nassau Av/Monitor St · B48
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monitor Street & Nassau Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Monitor St, 80 feet away, for the B48.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/Monitor St B48
    80 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Nassau Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingsland Ave & Nassau Ave 39 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 497 Meeker Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Monitor Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Monitor Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Renaissance, and built in 1910.

  1. Winthrop Park Shelter Pavilion Designated landmark
    510 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Monsignor McGolrick Park.

  1. Monitor Memorial Statue by Antonio de Filippo, 1938
    480 feet
  2. Greenpoint War Memorial Statue by Carl Augustus Heber, 1923
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 110 the Monitor School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    50 feet
  2. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    280 feet
  3. McGolrick Park Dog Run in Msgr. McGolrick Park Dog run
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Monsignor McGolrick Park and Shelter Pavilion Listed historic place
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Monitor Street or Nassau Avenue.

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.