7th Avenue & 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 3rd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and is also named Firefighter Albert A. Filosa Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Millennium Brooklyn HS is 500 feet away, and All Saints Episcopal Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
7 Av/3 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/3 St, 120 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/3 St B67, B69 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B67 B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street and 7th Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & 7 Ave 27 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,020 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021

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
91 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Firefighter Albert A. Filosa Way (Local Law 41 of 2024, enacted on January 20, 2024) and Joseph Ferris Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307760 and 332734.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 205 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    500 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    500 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. Park Slope Collegiate School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    570 feet
  3. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    890 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Street or 7th Avenue.

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