3rd Avenue & Wakeman Place

The three-way junction of 3rd Avenue and Wakeman Place is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 249 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 241/Ladder 109 firehouse is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
3 Av/Senator St · B37, X27, X37
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Wakeman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.3 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/Senator St, 300 feet away, for the B37, X27 and X37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Senator St B37, X27, X37
    300 feet
    B37 X27 X37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …
  2. X27 …
  3. X37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue and Wakeman Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Wakeman Pl 27 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 550 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6415 3rd Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street 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 February 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 249 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,547th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 105 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 126 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Wakeman Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Wakeman Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    540 feet
  2. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    890 feet
  3. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gateway City Academy School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    60 feet
  2. John Allen Payne Playground
    650 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. 64th Street Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    110 feet
  2. 68th Precinct Police station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Wakeman Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.