3rd Avenue & Wyckoff Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and Wyckoff Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff Community Center is 370 feet away, and Times Plaza Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about six minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
3 Av/Warren St · B37
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & Wyckoff Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

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/Warren St, 310 feet away, for the B37.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Warren St B37
    310 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff St & 3 Ave 22 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens development.

Since 2014 at least 67 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Marks Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Place

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wyckoff Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 36 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1874.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    980 feet
  3. The Exploratory School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  2. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    280 feet
  2. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    800 feet
  3. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. North Pacific Playground
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    370 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    370 feet
  3. Times Plaza Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, St Marks Place or Wyckoff Street.

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