5th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1908 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/42 St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    1,260 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/42 St, 170 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street and 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 44 St 24 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.2 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
    90 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 163 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 43rd Street

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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 zone: 314216.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Global Innovators Academy School
    930 feet
  3. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    60 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 43rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.