East 3rd Street & Avenue X

East 3rd Street and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Avenue X/E 3 St · B1
Within a walk
10 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave X F
    0.4 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 “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/E 3 St, 100 feet away, for the B1.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/E 3 St B1
    100 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue X

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 308144.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    800 feet
  2. Ahi Ezer Early Childhood Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Ahi Ezer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Ahi Ezer Yeshiva School
    1,020 feet
  3. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Acad School
    1,020 feet
  4. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 385 Avenue W Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  5. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 X 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.