3rd Avenue & Dean Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Dean Street is in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn High School of the Arts is 470 feet away, and Recovery House of Worship Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/Dean St · B37
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Dean Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    970 feet
    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. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Fulton St G
    0.4 miles
    G

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/Dean St, 40 feet away, for the B37.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Dean St B37
    40 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue and Dean Street.

  • 66 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
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    400 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

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 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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 February 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 52 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1859.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    470 feet
  2. The Exploratory School
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,120 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,120 feet
  3. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Pacific Playground
    670 feet
  2. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    800 feet
  3. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    710 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    890 feet
  3. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Dean Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.