5th Avenue & 52nd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 52nd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 40/Engine 201/Ladder 114 firehouse is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
900 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/52 St · B63
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 52nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 53 St R
    900 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.5 miles
    N R
  2. 45 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/52 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/52 St B63 · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 53 St & 5 Ave 30 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
111 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (west side).

North side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 52nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311083, 333690, 333691, 337750 and 338071.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 106 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1900.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School Upper School
    250 feet
  2. Franklin Career Institute Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. P.S. 094 the Henry Longfellow School
    1,070 feet
  3. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunset Park Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Sunset Park Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Evangelist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. The Light of the World Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Salem Gospel Tabernacle House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 475 53rd Street Older adult center
    270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 40/Engine 201/Ladder 114 Fire station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 39 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 52nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.