3rd Street & Dock Avenue

The three-way junction of 3rd Street and Dock Avenue is in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dry Dock Number 1 stands 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Navy St/Sands St, is 1,260 feet away for the B62, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,260 feet
Navy St/Sands St · B62

Map

Layers
3rd Street & Dock Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Navy St/Sands St, 1,260 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Navy St/Sands St B62
    1,260 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sands St Gate 19 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1840 and 1851.

  1. Dry Dock Number 1 Designated landmark
    240 feet

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Street or Dock Avenue.

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