Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 49th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 49th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 001 the Bergen is 950 feet away, and Al Madrasa Al Islamiya is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
3 Av/49 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 53 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. 45 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/49 St, 140 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/49 St B37
    140 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 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
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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2021, 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 49th Street

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

South side of 49th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    950 feet
  2. Al Madrasa Al Islamiya School
    1,110 feet
  3. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 19 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, 49th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.