Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 27th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 27th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 5,731 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Roccos RC Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
3 Av/27 St · B37
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    1,200 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, 130 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 833 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 533 2nd Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,731 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 137th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,053 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on 3rd Avenue5,4133,053
Southbound on 3rd Avenue318–
Total5,7313,053

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 300 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 1924.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 27th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-4PM

South side of 27th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,170 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 signal or safety change and 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 27th Street, 3rd Avenue or Gowanus Expressway.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.