East 5th Street & Foster Avenue

East 5th Street and Foster Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nesivos Bais Yaakov is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1971, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
18 Av/Ocean Pkwy · B8
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av 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. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy, 0.3 miles away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/Ocean Pkwy B8 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    790 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 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 1931 and 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Foster Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-5PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    740 feet
  2. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    800 feet
  3. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    1,020 feet
  2. 70th Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 5th Street or Foster 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.