West 3rd Street & Applegate Court

West 3rd Street and Applegate Court meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Simon St Jude Church is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Kings Hwy/W 3 St · B82
Within a walk
7 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 3rd Street & Applegate Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    1,220 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 3 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 3 St B82 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Applegate Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Applegate Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1830 and 1835.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    400 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    900 feet
  3. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Applegate Court or West 3rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.