5th Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 36th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn, and is also named Dr. Antonia Pantoja Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 958 is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/36 St · B63
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    810 feet
    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 …

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/36 St, 50 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/36 St B63
    50 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 37 St 30 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
  • Turn calming, August 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 (Central)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Antonia Pantoja Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

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 1901 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Antonia Pantoja Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7PM-4AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 36th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7PM-4AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 958 School
    150 feet
  2. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    250 feet
  3. P.S. 024 School
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 36th 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.