Norman Avenue & Jewel Street

Norman Avenue and Jewel Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Nassau Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nassau Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Nassau Av/Humboldt St · B48
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Norman Avenue & Jewel Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nassau Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.3 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, 690 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N Henry St & Norman Ave 29 docks in all
    850 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. 278 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jewel Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jewel Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Norman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Norman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 034 Oliver H. Perry School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Msgr. McGolrick Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Monsignor Mcgolrick Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center Library
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and ten 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 Jewel Street or Norman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.