5th Avenue & 4th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 4th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 55 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/3 St · B63
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/3 St, 170 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 71 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
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of 4th Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

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 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 312655.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    310 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    40 feet
  2. J.J. Byrne Playground
    140 feet
  3. Washington Skate Park
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th 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.