3rd Avenue & 96th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 96th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Patricks Church is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
3 Av/95 St · B37
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    1,030 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/95 St, 160 feet away, for the B37.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/95 St B37
    160 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 96 St & Marine Ave 16 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 4th Avenue & Shore Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 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
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 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 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-NOON

North side of 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302452 and 309329.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. St Patrick Catholic Academy School
    1,140 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Hamilton Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 96th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.