5th Avenue & 30th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 30th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 990 feet to the 72nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/30 St · B63
Within a walk
3 places
1 police station, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 30th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 St R
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/30 St, 120 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 4 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
    310 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of 30th Street

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

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Street or 5th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.