Nassau Avenue & Eckford Street

Nassau Avenue and Eckford Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 34 stands 770 feet away, built in 1867. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 81 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Nassau Avenue & Eckford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    500 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nassau Av/Eckford St, 40 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 94 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Leonard St & Nassau Ave 36 docks in all
    290 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eckford Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Eckford Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Nassau Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Nassau Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Child Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Atelier de la casa Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acad School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center Library
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eckford Street or Nassau Avenue.

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