Another st_coordinates() example

st_geometry_type(nc_points)

##  [1] POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT
## 18 Levels: GEOMETRY POINT LINESTRING POLYGON MULTIPOINT ... TRIANGLE

st_coordinates(nc_points) |> head()

##              X        Y
## [1,] -80.69259 35.47426
## [2,] -76.97503 35.30125
## [3,] -80.61781 35.86670
## [4,] -83.74344 35.01048
## [5,] -77.42125 36.54470
## [6,] -77.70961 34.68814