5th Avenue & 42nd Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park Court House stands 710 feet away, and South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about six 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 religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/42 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 42nd 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 six 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
    0.5 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/42 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/42 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 41 St 30 docks in all
    230 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    340 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
102 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 172 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 42nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313993.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built in 1908.

  1. Sunset Park Court House Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Global Innovators Academy School
    1,090 feet
  3. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    60 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    460 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 48 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 42nd Street or 5th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.