5th Avenue & Prospect Place

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and Prospect Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 93 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
5 Av/Prospect Pl · B63
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Prospect Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    970 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
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/Prospect Pl, 130 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Prospect Pl B63
    130 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 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
    1,310 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and June 2025, 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306148 and 310649.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 171 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1880.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Church of God Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 stadium or arena

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. K077 School
    910 feet
  2. Le Paradis des Anges Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    1,080 feet
  4. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Augustine RC Church Landmark
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Prospect Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, 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.