West 5th Street & Lama Court

West 5th Street and Lama Court meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Cemetery, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
880 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Avenue U/W 5 St · B3
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 5th Street & Lama Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    880 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    1,120 feet
    F
  2. 86 St N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 5 St, 280 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 5 St B3
    280 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on West 5th Street (west side).

North side of Lama Court

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lama Court

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 5th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 316459 and 326227.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    450 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    710 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lama Court or West 5th Street.

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