East 3rd Street & Avenue S

East 3rd Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them older adult centers, and 11 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
900 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Kings Hwy/E 3 St · B82
Within a walk
12 places
3 older adult centers, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    900 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 3 St, 950 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 3 St B82 · Shelter
    950 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313559 and 320540.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    170 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    980 feet
  3. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    860 feet
  2. Sephardic Community Center
    1,100 feet
  3. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 S or East 3rd Street.

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