Wythe Avenue & South 5th Street

Wythe Avenue and South 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Peter & Paul RC Church is 860 feet away, and William Sheridan Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Wythe Av/S 5 St · B32, Q59
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wythe Avenue & South 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.5 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wythe Av/S 5 St, 20 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wythe Av/S 5 St B32, Q59
    20 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South 5th Street and Wythe Avenue.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S 4 St & Wythe Ave 37 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 217 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of South 5th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of South 5th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Wythe Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built in 1870.

  1. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Williamsburg Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Domino Park
    530 feet
  2. Domino Park Dog Run
    840 feet
  3. Berry Playground
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Berry Street Garden
    1,050 feet
  2. William Sheridan Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Kent Avenue Public space
    1,130 feet
  3. Public space at Domino Sugar Factory Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter & Paul RC Church House of worship
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along South 5th Street or Wythe Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.