3rd Avenue & Gowanus Expressway

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Gowanus Expressway is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Shore Park and Parkway is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
3 Av/65 St · B37
Within a walk
5 places
1 fire station, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Gowanus Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.5 miles
    N 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/65 St, 510 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/65 St B37
    510 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 64 St & 3 Ave 35 docks in all
    740 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Allen Payne Playground
    520 feet
  2. 64th Street Community Garden
    600 feet
  3. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. 68th Precinct Police station
    550 feet
  2. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Gowanus Expressway.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 3, 2026.