Kent Avenue & South 3rd Street

Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Domino Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kent Av/S 3 St, is 110 feet away for the Q59, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Kent Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Williamsburg Bridge
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kent Av/S 3 St · Q59
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kent Avenue & South 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kent Av/S 3 St, 110 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kent Av/S 3 St Q59
    110 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Kent Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 2 St & Kent Ave 47 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 184 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 216 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch, and built between 1881 and 1884.

  1. Havemeyers & Elder Filter, Pan and Finishing House Designated landmark
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Williamsburg Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    40 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    570 feet
  3. Berry Street Garden
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Berry Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Grand Ferry Park
    1,080 feet
  3. William Sheridan Playground
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Brooklyn Harvest Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or South 3rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.