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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
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.
[1] Map of Williamsburg in 1827, showing Bushwick Inlet as its border with Greenpoint, at left. The first bridge over Bushwick Inlet was built by Neziah Bliss, who also developed much of Greenpoint, in 1838. [3] The bridge connected First Street in Williamsburg (present-day Kent Avenue) with Franklin Street in Greenpoint. [4]
McCarren Park consists of 36 acres (15 ha) spread over four city blocks. [2] The easternmost section of the park is a pentagonal city block bounded by Driggs Avenue to the north, Manhattan Avenue to the northeast, Leonard Street to the east, Bayard Street to the south, and Lorimer Street to the west.
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 ...