5th Avenue & St Johns Place

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and St Johns Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about six minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
5 Av/Saint Johns Pl · B63
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q 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/Saint Johns Pl, 110 feet away, for the B63.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/Saint Johns Pl 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.

  • 51 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
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1921.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and November 2024, 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

North side of St Johns Place

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

South side of St Johns Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303297.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 106 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1874 and 1881.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church School Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    140 feet
  2. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    950 feet
  3. P.S. K077 School
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    970 feet
  2. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 133 William A. Butler School
    1,030 feet
  4. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  5. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    550 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    610 feet
  3. Green Space at President Street Garden
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or St Johns 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, 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.