5th Avenue & 91st Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and 91st Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Post Offices is 600 feet away, and Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about three 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 30 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
5 Av/92 St · B63
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    780 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/92 St, 220 feet away, for the B63.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/92 St B63
    220 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    860 feet
  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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 91st Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 91st Street

  • 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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    300 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    530 feet
Show all 8
  1. Wisdom Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 369 93rd Street Pre-K center
    950 feet
  4. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  5. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Hamilton Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    600 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 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 30 places to eat and 13 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 91st 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.