4th Avenue & 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 3rd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,354 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Washington Park is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
4 Av/4 St · B103
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,320 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.3 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/4 St, 360 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/4 St B103
    360 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 3 St 39 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,354 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 259th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,691 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-11AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 328102.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as American Round Arch. They were built between 1872 and 1884.

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Avenue Wing Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Al-Madinah School
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    1,170 feet
  4. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    70 feet
  2. Washington Skate Park
    300 feet
  3. J.J. Byrne Playground
    570 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and six 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 Street or 4th Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.