5th Avenue & Garfield Place

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Garfield Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. J.J. Byrne Playground is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 56 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/Garfield Pl · B63
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Garfield Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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/Garfield Pl, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Garfield Pl B63
    110 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & 5 Ave 27 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and April 2026, 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 standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

North side of Garfield Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM SATURDAY 11AM-10PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Garfield Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311889 and 313066.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Space at President Street Garden
    540 feet
  2. Washington Park
    830 feet
  3. J.J. Byrne Playground
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  2. Public Bath No. 7 Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Garfield Place.

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