7th Avenue & 5th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 5th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. John Jay School for Law is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and 49 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
7 Av/6 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    1,000 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/6 St, 180 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/6 St B67, B69 · Countdown sign
    180 feet
    B67 B69
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 St & 7 Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    500 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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, June 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

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
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 5th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 5th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309782, 333017 and 336119.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 150 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1887 and 1899.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    330 feet
  2. John Jay School for Law School
    330 feet
  3. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    330 feet
Show all 6
  1. Park Slope Collegiate School
    330 feet
  2. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. St Saviour Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 463a 7th Street Older adult center
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Street or 7th Avenue.

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.