West Street & Freeman Street

West Street and Freeman Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Greenpoint Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Franklin St/Green St · B32
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Freeman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Greenpoint 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 Franklin St/Green St, 710 feet away, for the B32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin St/Green St B32
    710 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Freeman Street and West Street.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Huron St & Franklin St 35 docks in all
    940 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 321 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 179 Freeman Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

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.

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

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2015 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 473 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Freeman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Street

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Bunny Hill Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Greenpoint Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newtown Barge Playground
    540 feet
  2. Greenpoint Landing Park
    690 feet
  3. Greenpoint Playground
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Java Street Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Greenpoint Public Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Greenpoint Landing Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at 155 West Street Public space
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freeman Street or West 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.