5th Avenue & President Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and President Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Space at President Street is 50 feet away, and Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
5 Av/Union St · B63
Within a walk
16 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & President Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Union St R
    870 feet
    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/Union St, 160 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Union St B63 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 71 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 3rd Avenue & Hamilton Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 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 February 2026.

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of President Street

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

South side of President Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306606 and 310872.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1886.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  4. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Space at President Street Garden
    50 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    750 feet
  3. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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