3rd Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 83rd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 41 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
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
3 Av/83 St · B37
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 86 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. 77 St R
    0.5 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/83 St, 90 feet away, for the B37.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/83 St B37
    90 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 84 St & 3 Ave 12 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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
85 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 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 83rd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311851 and 314747.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    590 feet
  3. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
Show all 6
  1. Adelphi Academy School
    1,260 feet
  2. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 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 83rd 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.