5th Avenue & 90th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 90th Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School is 550 feet away, and Fort Hamilton Triangle is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
5 Av/89 St · B63
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    1,030 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/89 St, 40 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 88 St 16 docks in all
    510 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
    1,000 feet
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,240 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
81 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 1927 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 90th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of 90th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308140 and 313915.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    280 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    550 feet
Show all 10
  1. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    950 feet
  3. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  4. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  5. District 20 Pre-K Center at 369 93rd Street Pre-K center
    1,200 feet
  6. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  7. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    340 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and nine 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 90th 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.