5th Avenue & 44th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 44th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park Playground is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
19 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/44 St · B63
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    1,000 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/44 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/44 St B63 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 44th Street and 5th Avenue.

  • 27 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
    120 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    350 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
117 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 1907 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 149 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 44th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs 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: 300762 and 306373.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 37 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1908.

  1. Sunset Park Court House Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    1,110 feet
  3. Global Innovators Academy School
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bayridge Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    70 feet
  2. Sunset Park Playground
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 36 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.