East 5th Street & Ryder Avenue

East 5th Street and Ryder Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva of Brooklyn is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Avenue N/E 5 St · B9
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave N 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 P F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 5 St, 220 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 5 St B9
    220 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hardy rubber tree and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Ryder Avenue

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

South side of Ryder Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    610 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Nesivos Bais Yaakov Boys School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS School
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 5th Street or Ryder 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.