West 5th Street & Highlawn Avenue

West 5th Street and Highlawn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 228 David A. Boody is 1,160 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 six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
690 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Kings Hwy/W 5 St · B82
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    690 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.5 miles
    N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 5 St, 530 feet away, for the B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 December 2021.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Future Scholars Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  2. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 19 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highlawn Avenue 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.