5th Avenue & Douglass Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and Douglass Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Park Slope Playground is 570 feet away, and Green Space at President Street is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/Douglass St · B63
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Douglass Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Douglass St, 120 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Douglass St B63
    120 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & 5 Ave 27 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1921.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and April 2026, 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
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM THURSDAY-FRIDAY 11AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY THURSDAY FRIDAY 5AM-11AM

North side of Douglass Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Douglass Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307605 and 310307.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 105 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1874 and 1881.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    990 feet
  2. P.S. K077 School
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    1,080 feet
  4. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  5. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    510 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    570 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Douglass Street.

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