East 5th Street & Bay Parkway

East 5th Street and Bay Parkway 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. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Avenue J/E 5 St · B6
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/E 5 St, 290 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 5 St B6
    290 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Parkway 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.