West 5th Street & West Brighton Avenue

West 5th Street and West Brighton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sea Breeze Jewish Center is 240 feet away, and P.S. 370 is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
910 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
W 5 St/West Brighton Av · B36
Within a walk
11 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    910 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    0.3 miles
    F Q
  2. Neptune Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coney Island Reliefs” (2010) by Deborah Masters at the Ocean Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 5 St/West Brighton Av, 150 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 5 St/West Brighton Av B36
    150 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 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 in 1964.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of West 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Brighton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West Brighton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Basin Prep II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 100 the Coney Island School
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 370 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asser Levy Park
    290 feet
  2. Century Playground
    430 feet
  3. Jonas Bandshell in Asser Levy Park Park feature
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Asser Levy Playground
    690 feet
  2. New York Aquarium Zoo or aquarium
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sea Breeze Jewish Center House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Temple Beth Abraham House of worship
    340 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.