5th Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is also named Rosemarie O’ Keefe Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/5 Av · B4
Within a walk
5 places
4 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/5 Av, 50 feet away, for the B4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/5 Av B4 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bay Ridge Parkway.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy & 5 Ave 16 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
64 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rosemarie O’ Keefe Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rosemarie O’ Keefe Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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

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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309087, 322048 and 323649.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 54 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1906 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. United Korean Church of NY House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    200 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Bay Ridge Parkway.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.