5th Avenue & 11th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 11th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park YMCA is 1,070 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, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/11 St · B63
Within a walk
13 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    1,090 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
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/11 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/11 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 83 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 10 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    300 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    670 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
72 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 11th Street

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

South side of 11th 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 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 5th Avenue

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

West side of 5th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301538, 303077, 303514 and 310466.

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  2. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  3. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  4. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    740 feet
  2. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    290 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 11th 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.