5th Avenue & 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 82nd 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. St Anselm Church is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/83 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 86 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. 77 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/83 St, 180 feet away, for the B63.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/83 St B63
    180 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
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8202 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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
  • 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

  • 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
72 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 1920 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and August 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 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 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO COMMUNITY BOARD MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 82nd 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: 312560 and 313365.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care I V School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Grace Lutheran Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Catholic Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dan Ross Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Tom McDonald Triangle
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anselm Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Jewish Center House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Our Saviour Luth House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 17 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 82nd 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.