East 3rd Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 3rd Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church is 680 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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Avenue U/E 2 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 & Gravesend Neck Road 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 2 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 2 St B3
    0.3 miles
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 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 SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign 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
    690 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 385 Avenue W Pre-K center
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 East 3rd Street or Gravesend Neck Road.

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.