West Street & Green Street

West Street and Green Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Java Street Community Garden is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Franklin St/Green St · B32
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Green 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 seven 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, 480 feet away, for the B32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 49 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
    680 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 321 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Huron Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 three 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 2001 and 2020.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Green Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Green Street

  • 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Bunny Hill Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Greenpoint Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Building Blocks of Greenpoint Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Java Street Community Garden
    740 feet
  2. Greenpoint Public Park
    800 feet
  3. Newtown Barge Playground
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greenpoint Landing Park
    950 feet
  2. Greenpoint Playground
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 155 West Street Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at Greenpoint Landing Public space
    540 feet
  3. India Street Pier Public space
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astral Apartments Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Green 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.