Flatbush Avenue & 5th Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and 5th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Barclays Center is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 124 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
21 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
430 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatbush Av/5 Av · B67
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & 5th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    430 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    670 feet
    2 3
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/5 Av, 40 feet away, for the B67.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/5 Av B67
    40 feet
    B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Flatbush Ave 33 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2014
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
35 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 787 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1869 and 1889.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    910 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    320 feet
  2. Dean Playground
    940 feet
  3. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    820 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    890 feet
  2. 78th Precinct Police station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    270 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,180 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    710 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Flatbush Avenue.

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