65th Street & West 5th Street

The three-way junction of 65th Street and West 5th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bensonhurst Jewish Community is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & West 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,040 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/65 St, 800 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    800 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 65th Street (north side).

South side of 65th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

West side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309942 and 318279.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    200 feet
  2. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Bais Esther School 2 School
    1,170 feet
Show all 6
  1. Elyon College
    1,200 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    1,200 feet
  3. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    740 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 65th Street or West 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.