South 3rd Street & Hooper Street
South 3rd Street and Hooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Postacia Rodriguez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hooper Grove is 430 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 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Hewes St J, M850 feetJ M
Next trains at this station
Outbound
2 lines- J …
- M …
Manhattan
2 lines- J …
- M …
Also within a walk
- Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L1,260 feetG L
- Broadway G0.3 milesG
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/Hooper St, 340 feet away, for the B60.
- 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
- S 4 St/Hooper St B60340 feetB60
Next buses at this stop
- B60 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on South 3rd Street.
- 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all650 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.
- 247 Union Avenue Gas station910 feet
- 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
- 24 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Postacia Rodriguez Way (Local Law 158 of 2019, enacted on August 23, 2019) and Deacon German Martinez Way (Local Law 121 of 2025, enacted on August 13, 2025).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 3,200 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 1914 and 1925.
Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 24 signs on these blocks
- 5 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 Hooper Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
West side of Hooper Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
North side of South 3rd Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of South 3rd Street
- No parking 7 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.
- Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark690 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.
- 8 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 parks
- 4 playgrounds
- 3 gardens
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- P.S. 319 Pre-K460 feet
- Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K480 feet
- Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School660 feet
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- Bnos Chayil School960 feet
- Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,240 feet
- Two by Two Childcare Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hooper Grove Garden430 feet
- Lithuania Square650 feet
- Keap Fourth Community Garden650 feet
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- Strawberry Playground860 feet
- Rodney Playground Center Park870 feet
- Rodney Playground South Playground870 feet
- Ten Eyck Garden1,060 feet
- Marcy Green North Park1,080 feet
- Ten Eyck Plaza Playground1,100 feet
- Rodney Park North Park1,120 feet
- Blue Playground1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket880 feet
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,220 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 29 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:
- South 4th Street & Hooper Street 250 feet
- South 2nd Street & Hooper Street 300 feet
- South 3rd Street & Keap Street 460 feet
- South 3rd Street & Hewes Street 460 feet
- South 5th Street & Hooper Street 500 feet
- South 1st Street & Hooper Street 550 feet
- Hewes Street & Stagg Street 600 feet
- Union Avenue & Scholes Street 670 feet
See every intersection along Hooper Street or South 3rd Street.