West Street & Quay Street

West Street and Quay 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. Bushwick Inlet Park is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Greenpoint Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Greenpoint Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Franklin St/Calyer St · B32
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Street & Quay Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Greenpoint Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Greenpoint Av G
    0.5 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/Calyer St, 460 feet away, for the B32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Calyer St & West St 35 docks in all
    300 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 256 McGuinness Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1 Huron Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 53-26 Van Dam Street 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 2017 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 215 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Quay Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-8PM

South side of Quay Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of West Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Inlet Park
    200 feet
  2. 61 Franklin Street Garden
    810 feet
  3. American Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 27-41 West Street Public space
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavas Israel House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Quay 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.