5th Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 23rd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
5 Av/24 St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    1,310 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/24 St, 190 feet away, for the B63.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/24 St B63
    190 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 St & 5 Ave 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Victorian, and built in 1895.

  1. Weir Greenhouse Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Green-Wood Cemetery Gate Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    960 feet
  2. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,270 feet
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  1. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.