3rd Avenue & Pacific Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Pacific Street is in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple of Restoration is 90 feet away, and Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Atlantic Av/3 Av · B63, B65
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Pacific Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 720 feet from this corner, about three 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
    720 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
    0.3 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 Atlantic Av/3 Av, 280 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/3 Av B63, B65
    280 feet
    B63 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 82 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Nevins St 18 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    550 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 ten crashes at this corner, more 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 August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

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
34 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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pacific Street

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

South side of Pacific Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 37 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modified Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1855.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    450 feet
  2. The Exploratory School
    450 feet
  3. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    860 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    860 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Pacific Playground
    410 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    840 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    870 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    870 feet
  3. Wyckoff Community Center
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  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
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,280 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Pacific Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.