Berry Street & South 5th Street

Berry Street and South 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Berry Street Garden is 700 feet away, and Continental Army Plaza is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 56 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Wythe Av/S 5 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
17 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Berry Street & South 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/S 5 St, 370 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/S 5 St B32, Q59
    370 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Berry Street and South 5th Street.

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Berry St 34 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 93 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berry Street

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

West side of Berry Street

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

North side of South 5th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1868 and 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  3. C'E Montessori School
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. P.S. 084 Jose de Diego School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Berry Playground
    570 feet
  2. Berry Street Garden
    700 feet
  3. Domino Park
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Epiphany Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    1,190 feet
  3. Continental Army Plaza
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Berry Street or South 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.