Third Avenue is a street in the
New York City
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borough
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History
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of
Brooklyn
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. It runs parallel to
Fourth Avenue for most of its length, and it also runs under the
Gowanus Expressway
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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
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has recently undergone
gentrification
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.
Transportation
The following bus routes serve Third Avenue:
* The serves the corridor south of Atlantic Avenue, with Bay Ridge service running from Bergen Street to Marine Avenue.
* The Downtown Brooklyn-bound makes limited-stops on the corridor north of Prospect Avenue.
* The run non-stop on the Gowanus Expressway while parallel to Third Avenue, with the X27/37 exiting the expressway to continue on Third until Bay Ridge Avenue. Manhattan service makes two stops at Senator and 65th Streets, and Bay Ridge service is absent from 65th to Wakeman Place, also running on another portion from Shore Road to Marine Avenue.
* The Crown Heights-bound
B65 runs from Atlantic Avenue to Dean Street.
* The runs between 39th Street and either 37th Street (Dyker Heights) or 36th Street (Sunset Park).
* The Bay Ridge-bound run between Marine Avenue and Shore Road in opposite directions, with the B63 terminating at Shore.
The
Third Avenue
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...
streetcar
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line formerly ran on Third Avenue from
Fort Hamilton
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to the
Brooklyn Bridge
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. 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 landmark
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s at the intersection with Third Street.
References
External links
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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Gowanus, Brooklyn
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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