5th Avenue & 73rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 73rd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/72 St · B63
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings and 3 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 73rd 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.

  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. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

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/72 St, 180 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/72 St B63
    180 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy & 5 Ave 16 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
65 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West 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

North side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310521 and 310941.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 54 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1906 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    1,130 feet
  2. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,190 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 73rd Street.

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