East 5th Street & Prospect Expressway

East 5th Street and Prospect Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Captain John McKenna, IV Park is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
680 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Caton Av/E 5 St · B16
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Prospect Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    680 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 5 St, 1,150 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 5 St B16
    1,150 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwood Ave & E 4 St 21 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    810 feet
  2. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. One World Project - Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenwood Playground
    90 feet
  2. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    560 feet
  3. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seeley Park
    850 feet
  2. Seeley Park Playground
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station · landmark
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 5th Street or Prospect Expressway.

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