East 3rd Street & Caton Avenue

East 3rd Street and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/E 3 St · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    1,320 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 3 St, 100 feet away, for the B16.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 3 St B16 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B16
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Caton Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & E 2 St 19 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    260 feet
  2. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    480 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    950 feet
  3. Albemarle Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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