West 3rd Street & Bouck Court

West 3rd Street and Bouck Court meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yde Girls Elementary School is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
840 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Shell Rd/Bouck Ct · B4
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    840 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    0.5 miles
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Shell Rd/Bouck Ct, 450 feet away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shell Rd/Bouck Ct B4 · Shelter
    450 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person 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
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
47
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bouck Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bouck Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West 3rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310997.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    310 feet
  2. Yde Girls Elementary School
    460 feet
  3. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Gravesend Library
    890 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 3rd Street.

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