3rd Avenue & 99th Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and 99th 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. Shore Park and Parkway is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them parks, and ten places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
3 Av/99 St · B63
Within a walk
4 places
3 parks and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/99 St, 180 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/99 St B63
    180 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 4th Avenue & Shore Road, 1,260 feet 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1928 and 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 99th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 99th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Fontbonne Hall Academy School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    750 feet
  2. John Paul Jones Park
    1,210 feet
  3. John J Carty Park
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or 99th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.