5th Avenue & 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 74th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
5 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy · B63
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 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. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy, 210 feet away, for the B63.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Bay Ridge Pkwy B63 · Shelter
    210 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy & 5 Ave 16 docks in all
    310 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
63 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 1905 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 5th Avenue

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

West 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

North side of 74th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 74th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310941 and 313548.

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

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    260 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 24 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 74th 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.