Heading southbound on the G line, Greenpoint Avenue is the first station in Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Manhattan and Greenpoint Avenues, this station is pretty standard for an ex-IND station. Let’s look at it.
The station is your standard IND station, with 2 tracks, 2 side platforms, benches, wastebaskets, countdown clocks, and the usual stuff. Surprisingly, this station is actually accessible, by way of elevators between the (rather overbuilt) mezzanine, the platforms, and street level. There’s an OMNY machine and a station agent booth as well, so it is staffed. There’s also tiling on the wall at platform level, reading “GREENPONT AVE.” and also “GREENPT”. At street level, you have connections to the B24, B43, and B62 buses. Overall, it’s not really a bad station. In terms of land use, it’s pretty normal, being the main station for the Greenpoint neighborhood. It’s also in a dense area, though not to the same degree as Midtown (though probably closer to the UES).
The good: It’s accessible! It’s also the main station for the neighborhood (Greenpoint, Brooklyn), has decent land use (there’s stuff nearby that’s not just residential!), and is overall a decent area. For the photographers, you can even get a decent view of LIC’s skyline!
The bad: Eh, not much to say about this station. It’s not really noteworthy in any spectacular way. It gets the job done pretty well.
Nearby points of interest: There’s some shops and whatnot nearby. To the west a bit is an industrial wasteland, but other than that there isn’t much of anything notable. I guess, the Pulaski Bridge is nearby?
Transit connections:
Crosstown Line (G)
MTA bus (B24, B43, B62)
Overall, it’s not bad and it gets the job done in an unceremonious manner.
Rating: 7/10
