3rd Avenue & 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 86th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and 66 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    820 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge-95 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/86 St, 40 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 37 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
    630 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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 four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 86th Street

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

South side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302928, 312031 and 321247.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    820 feet
  3. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Adelphi Academy School
    1,070 feet
  4. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    1,120 feet
  5. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 15 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 86th 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.