East 3rd Street & Avenue V

East 3rd Street and Avenue V meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth El Flatbush Congregation is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
Avenue U/E 4 St · B3
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 4 St, 1,120 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 4 St B3
    1,120 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

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

South side of Avenue V

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Acad School
    910 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 385 Avenue W Pre-K center
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue V 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.