East 3rd Street & Elmwood Avenue

East 3rd Street and Elmwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Sholom Schachna is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
930 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Avenue I/E 3 St · B11
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    930 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
    1,210 feet
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/E 3 St, 470 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 3 St B11
    470 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Elmwood Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Elmwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    340 feet
  2. Cheder (The) School
    360 feet
  3. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,080 feet
  3. Lubavitcher High School
    1,090 feet
  4. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    1,090 feet
  5. Mevakshai Torah School
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.