3rd Avenue & 2nd Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 2nd Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 360 feet away, and Al-Madinah School is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
3 Av/3 St · B37, B103
Within a walk
11 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/3 St, 240 feet away, for the B37 and B103.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/3 St B37, B103
    240 feet
    B37 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & 3 Ave 79 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as American Round Arch. They were mostly built in 1884.

  1. New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) Central Power Station Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    420 feet
  2. Al-Madinah School
    650 feet
  3. Rivendell School Preschool
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    930 feet
  2. Rivendell School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dolly's Park Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Washington Park
    1,090 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Street or 3rd Avenue.

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