Prospect Park West & 5th Street

Prospect Park West and 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Third Street Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them park features, and one place to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Prospect Park West/9 St · B61
Within a walk
12 places
5 park features, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/9 St, 1,190 feet away, for the B61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/9 St B61
    1,190 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & Prospect Park West 31 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    90 feet

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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
158 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 149 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 292 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1909.

  1. Grace Hill, Litchfield House, Litchfield Villa Designated landmark
    320 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Prospect Park.

  1. Panthers Statue by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1898
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. St Saviour High School
    880 feet
  3. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Saviour Catholic Academy School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    50 feet
  3. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Third Street Playground
    830 feet
  2. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  4. Middle Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Saviour Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Street or Prospect Park West.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.