5th Avenue & 65th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 65th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Salem Lutheran Church is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
5 Av/66 St · B63
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 59 St N, R
    0.4 miles
    N R
  2. 8 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/66 St, 150 feet away, for the B63.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/66 St B63
    150 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 67 St 20 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6401 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of 65th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Leif Ericson Park.

  1. Leiv Eiriksson Stele by August Werner, 1939
    590 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    270 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    320 feet
  3. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 65th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.