11th Avenue & 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 11th Avenue and 16th Street is 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. Prospect Park is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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11th Avenue & 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park Southwest/11 Av, 350 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/11 Av B68
    350 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 11th Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park SW & 16 St 33 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

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 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
129 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 16th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 16th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Windsor Terrace School
    470 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    310 feet
  2. Lookout Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    860 feet
  3. Vanderbilt Playground
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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