3rd Street & Sands Street

The three-way junction of 3rd Street and Sands Street is in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Navy St/Sands St, is 520 feet away for the B62, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat. Within 820 feet are 24 homes, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Navy St/Sands St · B62
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 2 swimming pools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Street & Sands Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Navy St/Sands St, 520 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Navy St/Sands St B62
    520 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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
11251
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 24 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Commodore Barry Park.

  1. Commodore John Barry Stele, 1996
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulse Garden - Farragut Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    820 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Farragut Community center
    760 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Street or Sands Street.

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