Avenue T & East 3rd Street

Avenue T and East 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Avenue U/E 2 St · B3
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

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 Avenue U/E 2 St, 1,190 feet away, for the B3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 2 St B3
    1,190 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

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 & East 6th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 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

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,050 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.