3rd Avenue & Lafayette Avenue

The five-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Lafayette Avenue is in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Recovery House of Worship Church is 140 feet away, and Fowler Square is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, seven of them schools, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
3 Av/State St · B103
Within a walk
38 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Lafayette Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    580 feet
    2 3 4 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    920 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    930 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Work & Nature” (1997) by Anton van Dalen at the Nevins St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/State St, 320 feet away, for the B103.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/State St B103
    320 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Lafayette Avenue and Schermerhorn Street.

  • 114 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Schermerhorn St 35 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 2012 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 536 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311077 and 333012.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1859 and 1920.

  1. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    710 feet
  3. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 17 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    350 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    350 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
Show all 11
  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    760 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    780 feet
  3. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  4. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,150 feet
  5. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  6. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    1,250 feet
  7. The Exploratory School
    1,250 feet
  8. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    180 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    220 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    840 feet
  2. North Pacific Playground
    990 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    470 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet
  3. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    760 feet
  2. Public space at Forte Public space
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    470 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    440 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    560 feet
  2. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    940 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, Lafayette Avenue or Schermerhorn 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, 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.