Avenue O & West 3rd Street

Avenue O and West 3rd Street meet at a five-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Samuel Goldberg Triangle is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
McDonald Av/24 Av · B90
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,220 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave N F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/24 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/24 Av B90
    0.3 miles
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue O

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    850 feet
  2. Elyon College
    1,000 feet
  3. A Lot to Learn Training Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Dahill Triangle
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 six places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue, Avenue O or West 3rd Street.

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