Rodney Street & South 3rd Street

Rodney Street and South 3rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Strawberry Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them parks, and 49 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Rodney St/S 3 St · B24, Q54
Within a walk
28 places
8 parks, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rodney Street & South 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    1,100 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.3 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rodney St/S 3 St, 140 feet away, for the B24 and Q54.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rodney St/S 3 St B24, Q54 · Shelter
    140 feet
    B24 Q54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …
  2. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South 3rd Street.

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Rodney St 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 570 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,230 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 168 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1884 and 1885.

  1. Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 parks
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. Cuddles Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kiddie Academy of Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Amazing Explorers Williamsburg Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  5. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strawberry Playground
    40 feet
  2. Rodney Playground Center Park
    50 feet
  3. Rodney Playground South Playground
    50 feet
Show all 14
  1. Marcy Green North Park
    260 feet
  2. Rodney Park North Park
    290 feet
  3. Blue Playground
    310 feet
  4. Marcy Green Center Park
    500 feet
  5. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    550 feet
  6. Rodney Park Center Park
    550 feet
  7. Marcy Green South Park
    750 feet
  8. Rodney Park South Park
    890 feet
  9. Marcy Park South Park
    1,020 feet
  10. La Guardia Playground
    1,040 feet
  11. Hooper Grove Garden
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsburg Post Office
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 24 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rodney Street 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.