Nassau Avenue & Dobbin Street

Nassau Avenue and Dobbin Street meet at a three-way junction in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McCarren Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 73 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Lorimer St/Nassau Av · B48
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nassau Avenue & Dobbin Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    740 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lorimer St/Nassau Av, 550 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Nassau Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Nassau Ave 49 docks in all
    360 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dobbin Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Dobbin Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Nassau Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 302823.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Bound Hands Rising Free Sculpture by Thomas Cleveland, 2000
    160 feet
  2. Father Jerzy Popieluszko Monument Sculpture by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1990
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A-Tech High School
    380 feet
  2. Atelier de la casa Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    30 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Banker's Anchor Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Dobbin 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.