Avenue P & West 3rd Street

Avenue P and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Samuel Goldberg Triangle is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and five places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue P · B90
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave P F
    1,100 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue P, 1,120 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue P B90
    1,120 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 177 the Marlboro School
    710 feet
  2. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. A Lot to Learn Training Trade or language school
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 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 five places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P or West 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.