3rd Street & Hoyt Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Street and Hoyt Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 13 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Smith St/2 St · B57
Within a walk
5 places
2 public spaces, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    850 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/2 St, 1,060 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/2 St B57
    1,060 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street and Hoyt Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & Hoyt St 53 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 79 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1872 and 1874.

  1. South Brooklyn Christian Assembly Church Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Hannah Senesh Community School
    1,020 feet
  2. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 363-365 Bond Street Public space
    910 feet
  2. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Street or Hoyt 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.