5th Avenue & 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 15th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 640 feet to 6/15 Green Community Garden, and Hellenic Classical Charter School is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/15 St · B63
Within a walk
19 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 15th 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 five 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/15 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/15 St B63 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 15th Street and 5th Avenue.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 5 Ave 21 docks in all
    320 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
    0.6 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • 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
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 15th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 15th Street

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

East side of 5th Avenue

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

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302858, 302859, 304422, 311373, 338568 and 338621.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    90 feet
  3. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    1,090 feet
Show all 9
  1. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  4. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  5. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,270 feet
  6. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    640 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th 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.