5th Avenue & Senator Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and Senator Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
5 Av/Senator St · B63
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Senator Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    1,080 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. 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/Senator St, 30 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Sterling' silver linden and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 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

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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Senator Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Senator Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 314203 and 334654.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Leif Ericson Park.

  1. Leiv Eiriksson Stele by August Werner, 1939
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    380 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    420 feet
  3. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Lutheran Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Senator Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.