Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 43rd Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 43rd Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A designated landmark, 68th Police Precinct Station Stable, stands 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
3 Av/43 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 45 St R
    1,180 feet
    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/43 St, 160 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/43 St B37
    160 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 St & 3 Ave 23 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and September 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 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    610 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Global Innovators Academy School
    680 feet
  2. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    1,160 feet
  3. Sunset Park Prep School
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    620 feet
  2. Pena Herrera Playground
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 43rd Street or Gowanus Expressway.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.