3rd Avenue & Baltic Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Baltic Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens development, and is also named Kenneth Casilla Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Greene Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
3 Av/Baltic St · B37, B103
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Baltic Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Baltic St, 100 feet away, for the B37 and B103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff St & 3 Ave 22 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    900 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Kenneth Casilla Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens development.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kenneth Casilla Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Baltic Street

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

South side of Baltic Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne and Queen Anne with alterations, one each, and built between 1891 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    260 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    570 feet
  3. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,300 feet
Show all 4
  1. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    660 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    660 feet
  3. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Baltic Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.