5th Avenue & 10th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 10th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
5 Av/9 St · B63
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    830 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. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/9 St, 130 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/9 St B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    130 feet
    B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 100 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    940 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 10th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 10th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY THURSDAY 10PM-3AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300472, 301537, 301538, 311596 and 335475.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Park Slope Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    480 feet
  2. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    130 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 10th Street or 5th Avenue.

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