3rd Avenue & 76th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 76th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Korean Church of NY is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy · B37
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    1,060 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy, 320 feet away, for the B37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy B37
    320 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 77 St 16 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 76th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 76th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 314708 and 323938.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 76th Street.

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