Kings Highway & East 5th Street

Kings Highway and East 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy · B82
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    1,210 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy, 310 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ocean Pkwy B82 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 5th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 315716.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    760 feet
  3. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    990 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Kings Highway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.