5th Avenue & 87th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 87th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Post Offices is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three 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 49 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
5 Av/86 St · B1, B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 trade or language schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    890 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 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/86 St, 280 feet away, for the B1 and B63.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/86 St B1, B63
    280 feet
    B1 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 88 St 16 docks in all
    270 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. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    510 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 February 2025.

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1934.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the bald cypress and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (east side).

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 87th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 87th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305887, 309980, 315224 and 323179.

Schools 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 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    350 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    590 feet
  3. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    730 feet
  4. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    1,080 feet
  6. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  7. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 87th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.