5th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Millennium Playground is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Ridge Av/5 Av · B64
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    870 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/5 Av, 40 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/5 Av B64
    40 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 5th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 5 Ave 14 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the bur oak and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-9PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304540, 308613, 324115, 329515 and 338344.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    860 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    860 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Bay Ridge Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.