West 5th Street & West Avenue

West 5th Street and West Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies is 440 feet away, and Abraham Lincoln High School is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Neptune Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neptune Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Neptune Av/W 5 St · B68
Within a walk
5 places
4 schools and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Neptune Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

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, 880 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 318482.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School
    440 feet
  2. I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg School
    440 feet
  3. Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies School
    440 feet
Show all 5
  1. Abraham Lincoln High School
    1,020 feet
  2. Little Scholars Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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, one of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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