3rd Avenue & 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 85th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Adelphi Academy is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 55 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    840 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/86 St, 230 feet away, for the B37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/86 St B37
    230 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 85th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 84 St & 3 Ave 12 docks in all
    300 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
76 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 1922 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and December 2024, 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303826, 310502 and 322361.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Adelphi Academy School
    740 feet
  3. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    930 feet
  2. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  4. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    1,150 feet
  6. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 85th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.