We re-examine Hawking radiation for a nonrotating (2 + 1)-dimensional Bañados–Teitelboim–Zanelli (BTZ) black hole and evaluate the transmission probability of tunneling through the barrier of the event horizon employing the standard method of WKB approximation. Our results are presented for both uncharged and charged cases. We also explore the associated thermodynamics in terms of Hawking temperature and provide estimates of black hole parameters like the surface gravity and entropy. © 2022 World Scientific Publishing Company