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Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at Bushwick Inlet Park and McCarren Park; on the southeast by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg; on the north by Newtown Creek and the neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens; and on the west by the East River.
8.3 mi (13.4 km) [1] 2.4 mi (3.86 km) as Greenpoint Avenue 5.9 mi (9.50 km) as Roosevelt Avenue: Location: Brooklyn, Queens: Postal code: 11222, 11101, 11104, 11377, 11372, 11373, 11368, 11354: Nearest metro station: Greenpoint Avenue Flushing Line Roosevelt/74th West end: West Street in Greenpoint: Major junctions: I-495 in Long Island City
The Greenpoint Avenue station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn , it is served by the G train at all times.
The southern part of the avenue is one-way northbound while the portion in Greenpoint is bidirectional. The IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway (G train) runs under Manhattan Avenue north of McCarren Park, and has two stations, Nassau Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue. Greenpoint Savings Bank on Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
From 1937 to 1990, the city-operated station broadcast its AM signal from this location. [1] Following the adoption of antennas in Kearny, New Jersey and atop the World Trade Center, the Greenpoint property sat unused. [2] Construction on WNYC Transmitter Park began in August 2010 and the park opened two years later in September 2012. [1] [2]
Pulaski Bridge from above, highlighted in red. The Pulaski Bridge in New York City connects Long Island City in Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek.It was named after Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War fighter Casimir Pulaski in homage to the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint. [2]
The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is a drawbridge that carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between the neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville, Queens in New York City. Also known as the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge , the bridge is named after James J. Byrne, who served as Brooklyn Borough President from September 1926 until ...
With the completion of the Crosstown Line on July 1, 1937, Nassau Avenue ceased to be the line's terminal. [4] [5] New York City councilmember Lincoln Restler founded a volunteer group, the Friends of MTA Station Group, in early 2023 to advocate for improvements to the Nassau Avenue station and four other subway stations in Brooklyn. [6] [7]