Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 59th Street

Gowanus Expressway, 3rd Avenue and 59th Street meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,014 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sunset School of Cultural Learning is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
3 Av/59 St · B37
Within a walk
7 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gowanus Expressway & 3rd Avenue at 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    700 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/59 St, 150 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/59 St B37
    150 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 59 St & 4 Ave 35 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,014 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 752nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 360 more were issued.

Every corner with speed 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

  • 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 1906 and 1925.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and December 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 59th Street

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

South side of 59th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. MS 936 Arts Off 3rd School
    230 feet
  2. Sunset School of Cultural Learning School
    230 feet
  3. P.S. 503: the School of Discovery School
    270 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 506: the School of Journalism & Technology School
    270 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    830 feet
  3. Magical Years Early Childhood Center Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue, 59th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.