Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 28th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 28th Street meet at a five-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
3 Av/27 St · B37
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 28th 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. 36 St D, N, R
    0.5 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/27 St, 390 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/27 St B37
    390 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. 30 St & 4 Ave 19 docks in all
    1,190 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. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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
11220
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

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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 28th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 28th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of 3rd Avenue

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

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 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence School
    1,140 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Storehouse #2, US Navy Fleet Supply Base Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 28th 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.