Third Avenue (Brooklyn)

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Third Avenue
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Looking north from 3rd Street in Gowanus
Owner City of New York
Maintained by NYCDOT
Length6.0 mi (9.7 km) [1]
Location Brooklyn, New York City
South end Shore Road in Bay Ridge
Major
junctions
I-278.svg I-278 in Sunset Park and Greenwood Heights
North end Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn

Third Avenue is a street in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It runs parallel to Fourth Avenue for most of its length, and it also runs under the Gowanus Expressway from the Prospect Expressway to 65th Street. It has been mostly industrial for most of its existence, though the stretch of Third Avenue from Prospect Expressway to Downtown Brooklyn has recently undergone gentrification. [2]

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Transportation

The following bus routes serve Third Avenue:

The Third Avenue streetcar line formerly ran on Third Avenue from Fort Hamilton to the Brooklyn Bridge. The Fifth Avenue elevated line ran above Third Avenue in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge.

Structures

Notable structures on Third Avenue include the Coignet Building and the Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, two New York City designated landmarks at the intersection with Third Street.

References

  1. "Third Avenue" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. Hawkins, Andrew J. (January 26, 2013). "Third Ave.'s revival in Brooklyn gets worrisome". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

40°39′29″N74°00′14″W / 40.658°N 74.004°W / 40.658; -74.004