5th Avenue & 41st Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 41st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn, and is also named Cinco de Mayo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Michaels RC Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/41 St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 45 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 36 St D, N, R
    0.4 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/41 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/41 St B63 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 41st Street and 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 41 St 30 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    610 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
95 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cinco de Mayo Way, a co-naming enacted on March 18, 2017 (Local Law 45 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Kwanzan' flowering cherry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cinco de Mayo Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 41st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 41st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313993 and 331933.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1891 and 1931.

  1. Sunset Park Court House Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    1,170 feet
  3. Sunset Park Prep School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    70 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 41st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.