5th Avenue & 77th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 77th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Korean Church of NY is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 33 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
5 Av/77 St · B63
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    850 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/77 St, 130 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/77 St B63
    130 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & 5 Ave 16 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • 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
68 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2024, 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 77th Street

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

South side of 77th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312286 and 316280.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 26 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1909.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 77th 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.