5th Avenue & 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 38th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 024 is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
5 Av/39 St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 38th 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 five 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. 45 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/39 St, 150 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/39 St B63
    150 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 35 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
    430 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
    520 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 (West)
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 38th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 337176.

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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 958 School
    670 feet
  3. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 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 38th 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.