3rd Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy · B37
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy, 50 feet away, for the B37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy B37
    50 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bay Ridge Parkway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 77 St 16 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, December 2017

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 3rd Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 3rd Avenue (west side).

North side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322049, 322754 and 323532.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tutor Time Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Ridge Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Bay Ridge Parkway.

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