3rd Avenue & 72nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 72nd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 102 the Bayview is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
3 Av/72 St · B37
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    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/72 St, 60 feet away, for the B37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/72 St B37 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B37
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 72nd Street.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ovington Ave & 3 Ave 16 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of 72nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305288 and 330905.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    730 feet
  3. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    1,150 feet
  2. Gateway City Academy School
    1,180 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,270 feet
  4. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    30 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 72nd Street.

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