Atlantic Avenue & 3rd Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and 3rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Thelma Martin Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Times Plaza Post Office is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and six more. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Atlantic Av/3 Av · B63, B65
Within a walk
36 places
10 religious buildings, 7 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & 3rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    950 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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  9. R …
Outbound
4 lines
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  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
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Southbound
5 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    1,120 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/3 Av, 60 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/3 Av B63, B65
    60 feet
    B63 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 99 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Schermerhorn St 35 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    920 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2004
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2018
  • Turn calming, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Thelma Martin Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 422 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Thelma Martin Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309355, 329267 and 332755.

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1850 and 1855.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    600 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    600 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    710 feet
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  1. The Exploratory School
    710 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    850 feet
  4. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  5. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,300 feet
  6. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Pacific Playground
    450 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Betty Carter Park
    1,280 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pacific Library
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    980 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    490 feet
  3. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    960 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    940 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,020 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Atlantic Avenue.

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