West Street & Huron Street

West Street and Huron Street meet at a four-way crossing in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greenpoint Public Park is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along West Street.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Franklin St/India St · B32
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Huron Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Greenpoint 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 Franklin St/India St, 660 feet away, for the B32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on West Street.

  • 48 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
    420 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 321 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Huron Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    330 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 September 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Huron Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Huron Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1874 and 1925.

  1. Astral Apartments Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 public spaces
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Java Street Community Garden
    480 feet
  2. Greenpoint Public Park
    540 feet
  3. Newtown Barge Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  1. WNYC Transmitter Park
    1,090 feet
  2. WNYC Transmitter Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Greenpoint Landing Park
    1,210 feet
  4. Greenpoint Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 155 West Street Public space
    90 feet
  2. Public space at Greenpoint Landing Public space
    810 feet
  3. India Street Pier Public space
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Greenpoint Ferry Landing
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Huron 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.