5th Avenue & 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. J.J. Byrne Playground is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 56 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/3 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union 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. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/3 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/3 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 3rd Street and 5th Avenue.

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 3 St 30 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Street

  • Loading only 4 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 3rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312655 and 330957.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    50 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    120 feet
  3. Washington Skate Park
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.