Avenue T & West 5th Street

Avenue T and West 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Prep Charter High School is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
680 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    680 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 5 St, 920 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3 · Shelter
    920 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313712 and 316286.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    780 feet
  2. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    840 feet
  3. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 13 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue T 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.