South 3rd Street & Hewes Street

South 3rd Street and Hewes Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Chayil is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
S 4 St/Hewes St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    790 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    1,230 feet
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    1,300 feet
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is S 4 St/Hewes St, 330 feet away, for the B60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. S 4 St/Hewes St B60
    330 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South 3rd Street.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    450 feet
  2. 462 Keap Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 3rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    590 feet
  3. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 319 Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    1,040 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School
    1,120 feet
  4. Bushwick Improvement Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lithuania Square
    180 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    630 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Garden
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    890 feet
  2. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewes Street or South 3rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.