3rd Avenue & 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 78th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is also named Howard Dunn Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Korean Church of NY is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
78 St/3 Av · B4
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    1,070 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 78 St/3 Av, 50 feet away, for the B4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 78 St/3 Av B4
    50 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
68 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Howard Dunn Way (Local Law 92 of 2016, enacted on August 3, 2016) and Maureen Stramka Way (Local Law 92 of 2016, enacted on August 3, 2016).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and October 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 78th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 78th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306852 and 315788.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    80 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Union Church of Bay Ridge Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 15 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 78th 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.