East 3rd Street & Greenwood Avenue

East 3rd Street and Greenwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Sixty First District Memorial” is 590 feet away, and Holy Apostles Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
McDonald Av/Greenwood Av · B67, B69
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    1,090 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
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Greenwood Av, 680 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Greenwood Av B67, B69
    680 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwood Ave & E 4 St 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 3rd Street

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

North side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  2. One World Project - Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenwood Playground
    590 feet
  2. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    970 feet
  3. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seeley Park
    1,250 feet
  2. Seeley Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.