5th Avenue & 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 78th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Korean Church of NY is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/78 St · B63
Within a walk
5 places
4 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    1,130 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/78 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/78 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 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 2020 and September 2024, 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 78th Street

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

South side of 78th 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: 309323 and 314073.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 78th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.