5th Street & Morris Avenue

The four-way crossing of 5th Street and Morris Avenue is in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Oxport Playground is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Cumberland St, is 570 feet away for the B57 and B69, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them swimming pools, and seven places to eat. About 70 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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5th Street & Morris Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Cumberland St, 570 feet away, for the B57 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cumberland St B57, B69
    570 feet
    B57 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & Market St 39 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2012.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 70 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1840 and 1851.

  1. Dry Dock Number 1 Designated landmark
    770 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oxport Playground
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    870 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Navy Yard Ferry Landing
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.