5th Avenue & 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 60th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn, and is also named Congregación del Santísimo Redentor Padre Ruskin Piedra Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
60 St/5 Av · B9
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    870 feet
    N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/5 Av, 100 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/5 Av B9 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    100 feet
    B9
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 59 St & 5 Ave 30 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 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 December 2025.

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
114 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Congregación del Santísimo Redentor Padre Ruskin Piedra Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1902 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Congregación del Santísimo Redentor Padre Ruskin Piedra Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 60th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 60th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307860 and 311378.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 108 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1897.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    550 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    550 feet
  3. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 60th Street.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.