Avenue P & West 5th Street

Avenue P and West 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highlawn Post Office is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,320 feet
Kings Hwy/W 5 St · B82
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave P F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Kings Hwy N
    0.3 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 5 St, 1,320 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 5 St B82
    1,320 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 177 the Marlboro School
    1,220 feet
  2. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    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 two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P 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.