East 3rd Street & 18th Avenue

East 3rd Street and 18th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kensington Library is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
18 Av/E 3 St · B8
Within a walk
19 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 3rd Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    730 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave I F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/E 3 St, 120 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/E 3 St B8
    120 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1933.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 18th Avenue (south side).

North side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302937, 306277 and 312222.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    510 feet
  2. P.S. K134 School
    710 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
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  1. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  4. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  5. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  6. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    980 feet
  7. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,090 feet
  8. Ucp of NYC School
    1,280 feet
  9. Adapt Community Network-Brooklyn Children's Preschool Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 70th Precinct Police station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    360 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 21 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or East 3rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.