East 5th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 5th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 062 Ditmas is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,270 feet
McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd · B67, B69
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ditmas Av 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 “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd, 1,270 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd B67, B69
    1,270 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 3 St & Cortelyou Rd 14 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median 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.

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1924 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304884.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shira's Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  2. J.H.S. 062 Ditmas School
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    880 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.