3rd Avenue & 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 13th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,741 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
3 Av/12 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.3 miles
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/12 St, 180 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/12 St B37
    180 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 14 St 25 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,741 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 480th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 691 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 13th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of 13th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    930 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ennis Playground
    770 feet
  2. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Street or 3rd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.