Church Avenue & East 3rd Street

Church Avenue and East 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Thomas Marrinan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Jewish Center is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Church Av/E 3 St · B35, B103, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    610 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 3 St, 60 feet away, for the B35, B103, BM3 and BM4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 3 St B35, B103, BM3, BM4 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    60 feet
    B35 B103 BM3 BM4
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Avenue.

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 3 St & Church Ave 21 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Thomas Marrinan Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Thomas Marrinan Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 11AM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310606, 310622 and 335921.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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