Nassau Avenue & Apollo Street

Nassau Avenue and Apollo Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nassau Av/Van Dam St, is 180 feet away for the B48, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Nassau Av/Van Dam St · B48
Within a walk
2 places
1 playground and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nassau Avenue & Apollo Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Van Dam St, 180 feet away, for the B48.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nassau Av/Van Dam St B48
    180 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Apollo Street and Nassau Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Dam St & Meeker Ave 31 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 546 Morgan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Apollo Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

West side of Apollo Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

North side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. William Dougherty Playground
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Apollo 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.