5th Avenue & 1st Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 1st Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Park is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 58 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/Garfield Pl · B63
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Garfield Pl, 170 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Garfield Pl B63
    170 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & 5 Ave 27 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
50 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 1st Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 1st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303754 and 338556.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    560 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    640 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Skate Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and six 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 1st 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.