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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.
Greenpoint Historic District is a national historic district in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, New York.It consists of 363 contributing commercial and residential buildings built between 1850 and 1900.
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 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
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]
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]
There are three elevators: one from the mezzanine to street level on the eastern side of Manhattan Avenue north of Greenpoint Avenue, and one to each platform. The project was expected to cost $23.4 million. [8] The MTA announced in April 2024 that it would make esthetic improvements to the station during mid-2024 as part of its Re-New-Vation ...
McGuinness Boulevard is a boulevard in Greenpoint, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It runs between Interstate 278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) in the south and the Pulaski Bridge in the north, which connects Greenpoint to Long Island City, Queens and Jackson Avenue (NY 25A). South of Driggs Avenue, it is called ...