Nassau Avenue & Russell Street

Nassau Avenue and Russell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Nassau Av/Humboldt St · B48
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 dog run and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nassau Avenue & Russell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 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/Humboldt St, 250 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nassau Ave & Russell St 51 docks in all
    50 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. 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

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
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Nassau Avenue

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

South side of Nassau Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Russell Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Russell Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    550 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

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
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 14 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 Nassau Avenue or Russell Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.