East 3rd Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 3rd Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mosdos Satmar BP is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
McDonald Av/Ditmas Av · B90
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    620 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Ditmas Av B90
    620 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

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

South side of Ditmas Avenue

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304255, 333997 and 337507.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Mosdos Satmar BP School
    1,120 feet
  3. Mevakshai Hashem School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    480 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.