3rd Avenue & 65th Street

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 65th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 410 feet to the 68th Precinct. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
22 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/65 St · B37
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 1 fire station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/65 St, 40 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/65 St B37
    40 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 64 St & 3 Ave 35 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

A ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound starts at this corner.

  1. 6415 3rd Avenue Gas station
    230 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 65th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 65th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Allen Payne Playground
    100 feet
  2. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    330 feet
  3. 64th Street Community Garden
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Leif Ericson Park
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. 68th Precinct Police station
    410 feet
  2. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 65th Street or Gowanus Expressway.

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