Avenue O & West 5th Street

Avenue O and West 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 330/Ladder 172 firehouse is 580 feet away, and Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
700 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave N 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, 0.3 miles away, for the B6.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    0.3 miles
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

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

South side of Avenue O

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

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 10 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 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    480 feet
  3. Elyon College
    480 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    610 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    1,190 feet
  3. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    810 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.