Avenue Y & West 3rd Street

Avenue Y and West 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yde Girls Elementary School is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Shell Rd/Avenue Y · B4
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave X F
    1,120 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. 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 Shell Rd/Avenue Y, 580 feet away, for the B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shell Rd/Avenue Y B4
    580 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yde Girls Elementary School
    370 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    590 feet
  3. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Gravesend Library
    1,160 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y or West 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.