3rd Avenue & 6th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 6th 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, 1,329 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Al-Madinah School is 510 feet away, and Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion stands 710 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 seven public places, two of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
13 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
50 feet
3 Av/6 St · B37
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 6th 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/6 St, 50 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,329 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 613th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 624 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
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of 6th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-9PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as American Round Arch. They were built between 1872 and 1884.

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Avenue Wing Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Madinah School
    510 feet
  2. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Skate Park
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    440 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 6th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.