Driggs Avenue & North 5th Street

Driggs Avenue and North 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Northside Community Garden is 40 feet away, and Annunciation Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 119 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Driggs Av/N 4 St · B62
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Driggs Avenue & North 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    470 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.4 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Driggs Av/N 4 St, 370 feet away, for the B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Driggs Av/N 4 St B62
    370 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Driggs Avenue and North 5th Street.

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 7 St & Driggs Ave 53 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 451 Lorimer Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 134 North 4th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Driggs Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of North 5th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-5AM 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY & SUNDAY ALL DAY

South side of North 5th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-9AM 3PM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1868.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Unity Preparatory Upper Charter School of Brooklyn School
    220 feet
  2. KidCo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Conselyea Preparatory School
    360 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth School
    360 feet
  2. Chabad of North Brooklyn Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Brooklyn Preparatory High School
    1,050 feet
  5. Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design School
    1,050 feet
  6. Williamsburg Preparatory School
    1,050 feet
  7. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northside Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. Ascenzi Square
    730 feet
  3. Grand Street Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jaime Campiz Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 5th Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 35 Ambulance station
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City Reliquary Museum
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Annunciation Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Our Lady of Consolation Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 179 North 6th Street Older adult center
    400 feet
  2. Metropolitan Recreation Center
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 119 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Driggs Avenue or North 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.