3rd Avenue & Degraw Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Degraw Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Greene Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2011 and 2024, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
3 Av/Douglass St · B37
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Degraw Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Union St R
    1,280 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Douglass St, 180 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Douglass St B37
    180 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Degraw St & 3 Ave 35 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • 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 2011 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 144 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Degraw Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rivendell School Preschool
    880 feet
  2. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Rivendell School
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Greene Playground
    50 feet
  2. Dolly's Park Garden
    840 feet
  3. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Degraw 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.