Greenpoint

About Greenpoint

Greenpoint, as covered here, is Brooklyn’s northernmost neighborhood, bounded by the East River, Newtown Creek and McCarren Park.

Most of its inland blocks were built up between the 1850s and the 1930s with row houses and walk-up apartment buildings, many of them with storefronts below. The Greenpoint Historic District, designated in 1982, covers a group of Italianate and Neo-Grec row houses on streets such as Milton and Noble. Manhattan Avenue is the main shopping street, and Franklin Street runs parallel to the river.

The 2005 rezoning of the Greenpoint and Williamsburg waterfront opened former industrial land to housing, and new condominium and rental buildings have gone up along the river since. More than a third of Greenpoint’s homes are now in buildings from 2000 or later.

Landmarks Preservation Commission historic districts in the neighborhood include the Greenpoint Historic District. Exterior changes to buildings inside a historic district need Commission approval, which is worth knowing before buying a townhouse or planning a renovation. Check any address on the LPC designations map.

Greenpoint market report

From October 2025 through September 2026, NYC Department of Finance records show 157 home sales in Greenpoint, with a median price of $1.99M. Half of those sales fell between $1.36M and $2.56M.

The total breaks down as 4 co-op sales, 109 condo sales and 44 sales of 1–3 family houses.

The overall median is higher than in the previous 12 months, but the co-op and condo medians moved much less. Most of the change in the overall figure comes from which homes happened to sell, so we don’t read it as a price trend.

The condo median rose 32.4% year on year, on 109 sales. A swing that size usually reflects which apartments sold, not a change in what comparable apartments are worth.

^* Large change on a limited number of sales; see the note above.

Source: NYC Department of Finance rolling and annualized sales, October 2025 – September 2026, compared with October 2024 – September 2025. Residential sales of $100,000 or more; bulk and duplicate records removed. Recent months may be incomplete because sales appear as deeds are recorded. Area covered: NYC Planning area BK0101 (Greenpoint). Updated quarterly.

Homes in Greenpoint

Condos made up about 70% of recorded sales in the last 12 months, in new waterfront buildings and smaller conversions inland. The rest were mostly 1–3 family houses: 44 sold in the year. Co-ops are rare here.

• HomesAbout 25,300 residential units
• Age60% of units are in buildings from before 1940 (10% before 1900); 37% are in buildings from 2000 or later
• Building types46% in walk-up apartment buildings, 22% in elevator apartment buildings, 16% in condominiums, 8% in mixed residential/retails, 7% in 2-family houses
• Co-op buildings20
• Condo buildings194
• Townhouses and small buildings2,046 (1–4 units)

Building data from NYC Department of City Planning PLUTO. Counts are approximate.

Getting around

The G stops at Greenpoint Avenue and Nassau Avenue, connecting to Long Island City and Downtown Brooklyn. The L at Bedford Avenue, in Williamsburg, is the closest direct line to Manhattan, and NYC Ferry stops at Greenpoint, at the end of India Street.

Stations in the neighborhood

• Greenpoint AvG Accessible
• Nassau AvG

Other nearby stations

• Bedford Av about 17 blocks from the centreL
• Metropolitan Av about 20 blocks from the centreGL

Stations from the MTA’s station list. Plan a specific trip with the MTA trip planner.

Parks

McCarren Park, on the southern edge, has fields, a running track and a pool. Msgr. McGolrick Park is at the centre of the neighborhood, and WNYC Transmitter Park and Bushwick Inlet Park front the river.

• McCarren Park36.5 acres
• Bushwick Inlet Park35.5 acres
• Msgr. McGolrick Park9.1 acres
• WNYC Transmitter Park6.6 acres
• Newtown Barge Playground6.2 acres
• Greenpoint Public Park2.7 acres

NYC Parks properties in or next to the neighborhood. Areas from NYC Parks.

School district

The Garson Team in Greenpoint

The Garson Team’s Greenpoint sale shown here was at 868 Lorimer Street, a 2017 condominium.

• 868 Lorimer Street, Unit 4CSold

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