Kings Highway & West 5th Street

Kings Highway and West 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ketchum Triangle is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
720 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kings Hwy/W 5 St · B82
Within a walk
5 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    720 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 5 St, 110 feet away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 5 St B82
    110 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307459, 310362, 312273 and 316244.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Future Scholars Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ketchum Triangle
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 24 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway 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.