Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 21st Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 21st Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Al-Noor School is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
3 Av/21 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St 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. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/21 St, 80 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/21 St B37
    80 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 21st Street.

  • 6 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. 23 St & 3 Ave 24 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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 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.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the hardy rubber tree and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 21st Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Berk Trade and Business School Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Al-Noor School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.