East 5th Street & Avenue P

East 5th Street and Avenue P meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Colonel David Marcus Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue P · B90
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave P F
    1,150 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 McDonald Av/Avenue P, 1,140 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue P B90
    1,140 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 66 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1928 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309949 and 311323.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    60 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Achim House of worship
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    180 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 P or East 5th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.