5th Avenue & Ovington Avenue

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Ovington Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
5 Av/72 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Ovington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    1,210 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St R
    0.5 miles
    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 5 Av/72 St, 240 feet away, for the B63.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/72 St B63
    240 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.6 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 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 October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
  • Turn calming, March 2024

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Ovington Avenue (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Ovington Avenue (south side).

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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-2PM

North side of Ovington Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301965, 307722, 309263, 312200, 312394 and 324115.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    520 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    960 feet
  3. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 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 37 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Ovington 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.