5th Avenue & Union Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and Union Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them gardens, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/Union St · B63
Within a walk
14 places
4 gardens, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    830 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
    0.5 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, 120 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 75 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
    560 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 standing 2 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 1 sign NO STANDING MAY-OCTOBER SATURDAY 2PM-10PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305782 and 334638.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1885.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sunflower Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Ms. Lam Montessori School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    1,030 feet
  2. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Space at President Street Garden
    240 feet
  2. Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    740 feet
  2. Park Slope Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Union 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.