5th Avenue & Lincoln Place

The five-way junction of 5th Avenue and Lincoln Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about five 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 62 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
5 Av/Douglass St · B63
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Lincoln 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.

  • 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.5 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, 160 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue, Degraw Street and Lincoln Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Degraw Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 88 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1874 and 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    1,250 feet
  4. P.S. K077 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    260 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    310 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, Degraw Street or Lincoln 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.