3rd Avenue & 97th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 97th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 52 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. St Patrick Catholic Academy is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
3 Av/97 St · B37
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    1,300 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/97 St, 110 feet away, for the B37.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/97 St B37
    110 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 99 St & 3 Ave 14 docks in all
    560 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    940 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 52 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1954.

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
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2026, 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
  • 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 97th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 97th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303123 and 309329.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. St Patrick Catholic Academy School
    950 feet
  2. Fontbonne Hall Academy School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Hamilton Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 97th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.