3rd Avenue & State Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and State Street is in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sixteen Sycamores Playground is 310 feet away, and Betty Carter Park is 1,020 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 38 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/State St · B103
Within a walk
38 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 840 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
    840 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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  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    860 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Fulton St G
    1,200 feet
    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/State St, 40 feet away, for the B103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Schermerhorn St 35 docks in all
    360 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2025

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 two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,400 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 2006 and 2016.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of State Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate (simplified), and mostly built between 1850 and 1923.

  1. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    340 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    340 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    970 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Exploratory School
    970 feet
  2. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,040 feet
  4. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,050 feet
  6. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,060 feet
  7. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    460 feet
  3. North Pacific Playground
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Betty Carter Park
    1,020 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,040 feet
  3. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    750 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    960 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    230 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    590 feet
  3. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,290 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or State 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.