Neptune Avenue & West 5th Street

Neptune Avenue and West 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,365 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School is 1,270 feet away, and I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Neptune Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
39 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neptune Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Neptune Av/W 5 St · B68
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & West 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neptune Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av F
    1,140 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    0.4 miles
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Looking Up” (2004) by Michael Krondl at the Neptune Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/W 5 St, 70 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/W 5 St B68
    70 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    500 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, June 2008
  • Turn calming, December 2017
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,365 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 600th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 621 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 5,300 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 1962 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312226 and 318482.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School
    1,270 feet
  3. I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies School
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    330 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    300 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Neptune Avenue or West 5th Street.

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