Avenue X & West 3rd Street

Avenue X and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Big Apple Institute is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue X/Shell Rd · B1
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    330 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Shell Rd, 190 feet away, for the B1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/Shell Rd B1
    190 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Stryker Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Stryker Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304948, 309092, 310946, 310997 and 320801.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Big Apple Institute School
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    940 feet
  3. Yde Girls Elementary School
    960 feet
  4. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  5. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    380 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Avenue X, Stryker Street 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.