East 5th Street & Walsh Court

East 5th Street and Walsh Court meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 250 firehouse is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1970, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
Avenue I/E 3 St · B11
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 5th Street & Walsh Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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 Avenue I/E 3 St, 1,290 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue I/E 3 St B11
    1,290 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 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
    1,190 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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. Nobody was hurt.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of East 5th Street

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

North side of Walsh Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Walsh Court

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,150 feet
  2. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    1,160 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    1,200 feet
  2. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 5th Street or Walsh Court.

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.