Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 44th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 44th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pena Herrera Playground is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
920 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
3 Av/44 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    920 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/44 St, 180 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/44 St B37
    180 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 44th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
  • 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the common hackberry and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • 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 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM

North side of 44th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 44th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

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
    620 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  3. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    930 feet
  2. Global Innovators Academy School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    620 feet
  2. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    880 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
    1,000 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 44th 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.