8th Avenue & 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 8th Avenue and 3rd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
7 Av/3 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th 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, 870 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street.

  • 13 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
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
126 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 8th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 499 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1909.

  1. The Temple House Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 park features
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    960 feet
  3. John Jay School for Law School
    960 feet
Show all 10
  1. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    960 feet
  2. Park Slope Collegiate School
    960 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  4. Saint Saviour Nursery School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. St Saviour High School
    1,090 feet
  6. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    1,150 feet
  7. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    840 feet
  3. Third Street Playground
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    220 feet
  2. St Saviour Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and three 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 8th Avenue.

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