East 5th Street & Avenue S

East 5th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
Kings Hwy/E 4 St · B82
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 4 St, 1,220 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 4 St B82
    1,220 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

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

South side of Avenue S

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

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 7 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    690 feet
  3. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peer Hatorah School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Community Center
    580 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.

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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.