East 5th Street & Church Avenue

East 5th Street and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Jewish Center is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Church Av/E 5 St · B35
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,170 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. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 5 St, 80 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 5 St B35 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    80 feet
    B35
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Avenue.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Pkwy & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1923 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311931 and 337754.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 23 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 Church 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.