5th Avenue & 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 62nd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
5 Av/62 St · B63
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    1,250 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
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/62 St, 80 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/62 St B63
    80 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue and 62nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 63 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
96 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 1910 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 62nd Street

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

South side of 62nd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304387 and 313010.

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and built in 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
    1,090 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 550 59th Street Pre-K center
    1,090 feet
  3. School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    1,090 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 545 60th Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 62nd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.