5th Avenue & 27th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 27th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Roccos RC Church is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
5 Av/26 St · B63
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 27th 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/26 St, 160 feet away, for the B63.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/26 St B63
    160 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 29 St & 5 Ave 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 833 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • 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
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1925.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 27th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 27th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival (late) and Victorian, one each, and built between 1895 and 1913.

  1. Weir Greenhouse Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. Green-Wood Cemetery Gate Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 27th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.