3rd Avenue & 80th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 80th 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. Union Church of Bay Ridge is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
3 Av/80 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 80th 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 six 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
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 81 St 16 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
71 feet above sea level

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 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 80th Street

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

South side of 80th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302478 and 314934.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bay Ridge Prep School
    1,050 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    1,250 feet
  3. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Church of Bay Ridge Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 14 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 80th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.