5th Avenue & 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 14th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
5 Av/14 St · B63
Within a walk
19 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/14 St, 70 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/14 St B63
    70 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 14th Street and 5th Avenue.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 5 Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 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 14th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 14th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 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: 311778, 311907 and 338619.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  3. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    830 feet
  4. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  5. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  6. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    900 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    320 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 14th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.