3rd Avenue & 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 15th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ennis Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
3 Av/14 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 & 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    1,280 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/14 St, 190 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/14 St B37
    190 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 15th Street and 3rd Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 420 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 15th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 15th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

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
    290 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    1,240 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    310 feet
  2. Ennis Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Street or 3rd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.