East 5th Street & Avenue O

East 5th Street and Avenue O 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. Colonel David Marcus Playground is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Avenue N/E 5 St · B9
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 5 St, 1,000 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 5 St B9
    1,000 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
26 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 1927 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

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

South side of Avenue O

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

East side of East 5th Street

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

West side of East 5th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Listed historic place
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O 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.