Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 48th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 48th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fourth Ave Methodist Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1924, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
3 Av/47 St · B37
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 48th 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 six minutes on foot.

  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. 53 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/47 St, 350 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 47 St & 3 Ave 23 docks in all
    410 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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
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 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and June 2022; 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 48th Street

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

South side of 48th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    700 feet
  2. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    770 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 16 places to eat and 18 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, 48th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.