5th Avenue & 32nd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 32nd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 423 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 958 is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
5 Av/33 St · B63
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 school and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    0.3 miles
    D N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” (1998) by Owen Smith at the 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/33 St, 380 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/33 St B63
    380 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 423 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,287th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 190 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Street

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

South side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 5th Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 958 School
    1,030 feet
  2. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 32nd Street or 5th Avenue.

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