5th Avenue & 29th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 29th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel stands 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
5 Av/30 St · B63
Within a walk
4 places
1 listed historic place, 1 police station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 St 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. 36 St D, N, R
    0.5 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/30 St, 130 feet away, for the B63.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/30 St B63
    130 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 29 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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); the corner is on the edge of the Green-Wood Cemetery area
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 29th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 29th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival (late), and built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence School
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weir Greenhouse Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 29th 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.