East 5th Street & Avenue I

East 5th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Sholom Schachna is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy · B11
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    1,150 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy, 210 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy B11
    210 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 0 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    680 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Lubavitcher High School
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    940 feet
  2. Mevakshai Torah School
    940 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    1,250 feet
  4. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or East 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.