3rd Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 81st 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. Bay Ridge Prep School is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
3 Av/82 St · B37
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.4 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 “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/82 St, 320 feet away, for the B37.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/82 St B37
    320 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 81 St 16 docks in all
    50 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
    2.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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 1,400 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 81st Street

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

South side of 81st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302478 and 316037.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 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
    760 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Prep School
    770 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    970 feet
  3. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    870 feet
  3. St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church House of worship
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Union Church of Bay Ridge Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 13 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 81st 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.