East 5th Street & Avenue L

East 5th Street and Avenue L meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friends Field is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,310 feet
Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M · B9
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M, 1,310 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy South/Avenue M B9
    1,310 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
33 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-5PM

South side of Avenue L

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

East side of East 5th Street

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

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    300 feet
  2. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. Marilyn David Ivdu Upper Girls Schoo School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Friends Field
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.