South 5th Street & Hewes Street

South 5th Street and Hewes Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Chayil is 100 feet away, and Ten Eyck Garden is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Hewes St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hewes St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
S 4 St/Hewes St · B60
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South 5th Street & Hewes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hewes St, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hewes St J, M
    300 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    970 feet
    G
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El in 16 Notes” (2002) by Mara Held at the Hewes St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is S 4 St/Hewes St, 340 feet away, for the B60.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. S 4 St/Hewes St B60
    340 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stagg St & Union Ave 33 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
21 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 1913 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of South 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of South 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1879 and 1881.

  1. Colored School No. 3, later Public School 69 Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Chayil School
    100 feet
  2. Nuestros Ninos Day Car 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Talmud Torah of Kasho School
    550 feet
Show all 9
  1. Oitzerlech Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. Beth Rachel School for Girls 60 School
    1,160 feet
  4. BR School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet
  5. Bnos Yakov School
    1,290 feet
  6. Yeshiva Headstart Keap Street Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hooper Grove Garden
    500 feet
  2. Lithuania Square
    670 feet
  3. Ten Eyck Plaza Playground
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sternberg Park
    1,170 feet
  2. Ten Eyck Garden
    1,180 feet
  3. Keap Fourth Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 35/Engine 216/Ladder 108 Fire station
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hewes Street or South 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.