3rd Avenue & 89th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 89th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
3 Av/89 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 89th 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 six 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. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 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/89 St, 110 feet away, for the B37.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/89 St B37
    110 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 89 St & 3 Ave 20 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 1923 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
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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 89th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 89th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304935 and 305168.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    710 feet
  3. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 89th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.