5th Avenue & Park Place

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Park Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. K077 is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/Warren St · B63
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Park Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,230 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Warren St, 110 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 56 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (west side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Park Place

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

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310652 and 335304.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 178 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1871 and 1880.

  1. Church of God Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. K077 School
    650 feet
  2. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    820 feet
  3. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    780 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Park Slope Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Augustine RC Church Landmark
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Park 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.