Avenue N & East 3rd Street

Avenue N and East 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dahill Triangle is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
650 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue N/E 3 St · B9
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    650 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 3 St, 110 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 3 St B9
    110 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue N

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    80 feet
  2. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    700 feet
  3. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  2. Nesivos Bais Yaakov Boys School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 3rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.