East 3rd Street & Avenue F

East 3rd Street and Avenue F meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. DiGilio Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
18 Av/E 3 St · B8
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 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, 720 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 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
    2.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
48 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Avenue F

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

South side of Avenue F

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 312222.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Mevakshai Hashem School
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. K134 School
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,140 feet
  2. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  5. Bais Shifra School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    790 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 18 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue F 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.