Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 45th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 45th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A designated landmark, 68th Police Precinct Station House, stands 790 feet away, and Gonzalo Plasencia Playground is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
3 Av/46 St · B37
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    700 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/46 St, 290 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/46 St B37
    290 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 13 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 6AM-8PM

North side of 45th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 45th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
    730 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    640 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    1,190 feet
  3. Global Innovators Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 45th 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.