Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 26th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 26th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
3 Av/27 St · B37
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    940 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/27 St, 260 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/27 St B37
    260 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 26 St 24 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 533 2nd Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 1930.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 26th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 26th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 26th 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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.