East 5th Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 5th Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mevakshai Hashem is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
McDonald Av/Ditmas Av · B90
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,140 feet
    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/Ditmas Av, 1,140 feet away, for the B90.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Ditmas Av B90
    1,140 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of East 5th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304884, 333874 and 339312.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Mosdos Satmar BP School
    600 feet
  2. Mevakshai Hashem School
    730 feet
  3. Yismach Lev Trans Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shira's Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Yeshiva Torah Temimah School
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    70 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

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