Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 20th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 20th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Al-Noor School is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about six 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 seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 20th Street.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
150 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 20th 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 six 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, 150 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 20th Street.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    280 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 19 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 hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and October 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 20th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 20th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

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. Al-Noor School
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Berk Trade and Business School Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th Street, 3rd Avenue or Gowanus Expressway.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.