Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 40th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 40th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
3 Av/39 St · B37
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    0.3 miles
    D N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 45 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” (1998) by Owen Smith at the 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/39 St, 200 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/39 St B37
    200 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7:30AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304028.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    600 feet
  2. Sunset Park Prep School
    600 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    700 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and eight 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 3rd Avenue, 40th Street 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.