East 3rd Street & Avenue P

East 3rd Street and Avenue P meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 789 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Congregation Ahavath Achim is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

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East 3rd Street & Avenue P Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  1. Ave P F
    630 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue P, 620 feet away, for the B90.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue P B90
    620 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    210 feet
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2024

In 2025, 789 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 912th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 427 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 66 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 3rd Street (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 3rd Street (west side).

North side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302454, 310170, 313517, 316835, 322758 and 322808.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. A Lot to Learn Training Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  3. P.S. 177 the Marlboro School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Achim House of worship
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

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