5th Avenue & 89th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 89th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Post Offices is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about five 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 41 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/89 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    1,290 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    1,310 feet
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/89 St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/89 St B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 88 St 16 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2012
  • 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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2025, 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 89th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 89th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302064, 311462 and 312938.

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
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    110 feet
  3. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    770 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    800 feet
  3. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    830 feet
  4. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    970 feet
  5. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    990 feet
  6. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or 89th 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.