4th Avenue & 5th Street

The three-way junction of 4th Avenue and 5th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,848 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Washington Skate Park is 190 feet away, and Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing stands 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
4 Av/4 St · B103
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    1,030 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/4 St, 260 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/4 St B103
    260 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 3 St 39 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,848 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 167th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,512 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-11AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 328102.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built in 1884.

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing Designated landmark
    750 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Avenue Wing Designated landmark
    780 feet
  3. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    790 feet
  2. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Skate Park
    190 feet
  2. Washington Park
    320 feet
  3. J.J. Byrne Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.