5th Avenue & Sackett Street

The five-way junction of 5th Avenue and Sackett Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 282 Park Slope is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
5 Av/Union St · B63
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Sackett Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,090 feet
    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

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.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Union St B63 · Countdown sign
    160 feet
    B63
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue, Berkeley Place and Sackett Street.

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Berkeley Pl & 6 Ave 41 docks in all
    500 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

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

North side of Berkeley Place

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

South side of Berkeley Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Sackett Street

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

South side of Sackett Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305782 and 336090.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 53 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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    930 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Green Space at President Street Garden
    510 feet
  3. Park Slope Playground
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    770 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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