East 3rd Street & Avenue I

East 3rd Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 250 firehouse is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
630 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue I/E 3 St · B11
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    630 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/E 3 St, 110 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 3 St B11
    110 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    720 feet
  2. Cheder (The) School
    730 feet
  3. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    1,280 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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