5th Street & Smith Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Street and Smith Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mary's Park is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 32 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Court St/3 Pl · B57
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    720 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    1,180 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/3 Pl, 700 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/3 Pl B57 · Shelter
    700 feet
    B57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Smith Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Smith St & 3 St 25 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 4th Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 5th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of 5th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Smith Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Hannah Senesh Community School
    890 feet
  3. International School of Brooklyn School
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    330 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park Playground
    580 feet
  3. Carroll Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and ten 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Place, 5th Street or Smith 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.