Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 47th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 47th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 558 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Pena Herrera Playground is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
3 Av/47 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    1,210 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
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/47 St, 90 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/47 St B37
    90 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 47 St & 3 Ave 23 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 558 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 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

North side of 47th Street

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

South side of 47th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    430 feet
  2. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 20 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, 47th Street or Gowanus Expressway.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.