Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 19th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 19th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Triangle Three Sixteen is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
24 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
3 Av/20 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/20 St, 230 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/20 St B37
    230 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & 17 St 21 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 19th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 19th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    990 feet
  3. Al-Noor School
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Berk Trade and Business School Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th Street, 3rd Avenue or Gowanus Expressway.

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