Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 5th Street

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and 36 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St · B1, B68
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    80 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St, 130 feet away, for the B1 and B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Beach Av/Brighton 5 St B1, B68 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B1 B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B68 …

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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Mushashino' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Brighton 5th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brighton 5th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Brighton Beach 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309932, 310360, 313296 and 313313.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    500 feet
  3. Ip Training Trade or language school
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    1,060 feet
  2. Tilyou Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Beach at Brighton 6th Street Playground
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brighton Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    400 feet
  2. New Brighton Jewish Center House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shorefront YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 34 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 Brighton 5th Street or Brighton Beach Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.