Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 42nd Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 42nd Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Michaels RC Church is 600 feet away, and Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
3 Av/42 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 45 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
    0.4 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/42 St, 150 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/42 St B37
    150 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 St & 3 Ave 19 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 800 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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 3rd Avenue (west side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 314037.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival. They were built in 1886.

  1. 68th Police Precinct Station Stable Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sunset Park Prep School
    900 feet
  2. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    930 feet
  3. Global Innovators Academy School
    940 feet
  4. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,220 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    360 feet
  2. Pena Herrera Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 42nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.