3rd Avenue & 8th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and 8th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Maurice Sendak Community School is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them listed historic places, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/8 St · B37, B103
Within a walk
10 places
2 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    1,010 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/8 St, 40 feet away, for the B37 and B103.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/8 St B37, B103
    40 feet
    B37 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 8th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 8th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310130.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    890 feet
  2. Al-Madinah School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ennis Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and six 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 8th 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.