3rd Avenue & 84th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 84th 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. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
3 Av/83 St · B37
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    1,100 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. 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, 350 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 84th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 84 St & 3 Ave 12 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
80 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 1921 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and November 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 2 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 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 84th Street

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

South side of 84th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311851 and 323668.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 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
    740 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    850 feet
  3. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Adelphi Academy School
    1,000 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. St Anselm Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 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 84th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.