East 5th Street & Elmwood Avenue

East 5th Street and Elmwood Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lubavitcher School Chabad is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy · B11
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Elmwood Avenue 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. 18 Av 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 I/Ocean Pkwy, 580 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/Ocean Pkwy B11
    580 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1930 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 5th Street

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

West side of East 5th Street

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

South side of Elmwood Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    310 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  3. Lubavitcher High School
    570 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    570 feet
  2. Mevakshai Torah School
    570 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    880 feet
  4. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 5th Street or Elmwood Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.