3rd Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is also named Jody Tepedino 9-11 Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gateway City Academy is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat.

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3rd Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    810 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Bay Ridge Av, 100 feet away, for the B37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Bay Ridge Av B37 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B37
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ovington Ave & 3 Ave 16 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Jody Tepedino 9-11 Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2005 (Local Law 131 of 2005).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jody Tepedino 9-11 Memorial Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and March 2025; 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306936, 313416 and 335088.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gateway City Academy School
    330 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    440 feet
  3. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    1,170 feet
  3. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.