Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 58th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 58th 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. Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
900 feet · 3 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
3 Av/58 St · B37
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 58th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    900 feet
    N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/58 St, 150 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/58 St B37
    150 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 58th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 57 St & 4 Ave 22 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2025; 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 58th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 58th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. MS 936 Arts Off 3rd School
    490 feet
  2. Sunset School of Cultural Learning School
    490 feet
  3. P.S. 503: the School of Discovery School
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology School
    530 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,090 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelship Norwegian United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 58th 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, 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.