5th Avenue & 37th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 37th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 958 is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 37 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1924, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
5 Av/37 St · B63
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    1,080 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/37 St, 60 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/37 St B63
    60 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 28 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
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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 (Central)
Elevation
65 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 1905 and 1924.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 37th Street

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

South side of 37th Street

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

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 958 School
    410 feet
  2. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. P.S. 024 School
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    970 feet
  2. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 37th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.