East 3rd Street & Albemarle Road

East 3rd Street and Albemarle Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kensington Post Office is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and 21 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
540 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Church Av/E 3 St · B35, B103, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 3rd Street & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 3 St, 690 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
    690 feet
    B35 B103 BM3 BM4
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & McDonald Ave 20 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albemarle Road

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

South side of Albemarle Road

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    900 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    1,120 feet
  2. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    870 feet
  2. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    740 feet
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 Albemarle Road 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.