East 5th Street & Avenue F

East 5th Street and Avenue F meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mevakshai Hashem is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
18 Av/E 5 St · B8
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Avenue F Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/E 5 St, 470 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/E 5 St B8
    470 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue F

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue F

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Mevakshai Hashem School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. K134 School
    560 feet
  3. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yismach Lev Trans Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Yeshiva Torah Temimah School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Kensington Library
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 13 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue F or East 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.