Avenue S & West 3rd Street

Avenue S and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
980 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Kings Hwy/W 3 St · B82
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    980 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 3 St, 1,210 feet away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 3 St B82 · Shelter
    1,210 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

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

South side of Avenue S

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

East side of West 3rd Street

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

West side of West 3rd Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1830 and 1835.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    550 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    810 feet
  3. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,150 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue S or West 3rd Street.

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