Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 3rd Street

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brighton Playground is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
610 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St · B1, B68
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    610 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    990 feet
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St, 110 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 3 St B1, B68
    110 feet
    B1 B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brighton 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brighton 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310202, 310546, 311453, 312770 and 314702.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  3. Ip Training Trade or language school
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brighton Playground
    770 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brighton Beach Library
    860 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 3rd Street or Brighton Beach Avenue.

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