Bergen Street & 3rd Avenue

Bergen Street and 3rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth El Baptist Church is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about five minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bergen St/3 Av · B65
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & 3rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,240 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/3 Av, 50 feet away, for the B65.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/3 Av B65
    50 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Avenue and Bergen Street.

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff St & 3 Ave 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    1,070 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 42 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 53 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1874.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    730 feet
  2. The Exploratory School
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    540 feet
  2. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    670 feet
  3. North Pacific Playground
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    470 feet
  3. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    630 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    630 feet
  3. Times Plaza Post Office
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Bergen Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.