3rd Avenue & 79th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 79th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Saviour Luth is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
3 Av/80 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 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. 86 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/80 St, 180 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/80 St B37
    180 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.8 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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 79th Street

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

South side of 79th Street

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

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Church of Bay Ridge Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 16 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 79th 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.