5th Avenue & 24th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 24th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John Evangelist Church is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
5 Av/24 St · B63
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings and 2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    1,050 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/24 St, 100 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 St & 5 Ave 19 docks in all
    50 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 24th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of 24th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

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
    320 feet
  2. Green-Wood Cemetery Gate Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    700 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  3. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 24th 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.