5th Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 81st Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 17 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bay Ridge Jewish Center is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/81 St · B63
Within a walk
8 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/81 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/81 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8202 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 17 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,900th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 5 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
62 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 May 2016 and August 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 81st Street

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

South side of 81st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309142 and 313365.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dan Ross Playground
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. St Anselm Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 81st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.