East 5th Street & Avenue N

East 5th Street and Avenue N meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue N/E 5 St · B9
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    1,170 feet
    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 Avenue N/E 5 St, 50 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 5 St B9
    50 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue N

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

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Nesivos Bais Yaakov Boys School
    790 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS School
    830 feet
  2. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    1,210 feet
  3. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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