East 5th Street & Caton Avenue

East 5th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greenwood Playground is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
950 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Caton Av/E 5 St · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    950 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 5 St, 110 feet away, for the B16.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 5 St B16
    110 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Caton Avenue.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & E 2 St 19 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Caton Avenue

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

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    780 feet
  3. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. M.S. 839 School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    400 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.