16th Avenue & 39th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 39th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dome Playground is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd · B67, B69
Within a walk
34 places
15 religious buildings, 12 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    740 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd, 750 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd B67, B69
    750 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 39th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 39th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311370.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 12 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    360 feet
  2. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    620 feet
  3. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 18
  1. Bnos Peninim School
    730 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    840 feet
  3. Kochavim School
    840 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    860 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  6. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,090 feet
  7. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,090 feet
  8. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  9. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  10. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    1,190 feet
  11. Bais Shifra School
    1,190 feet
  12. Bais Tziporah School
    1,240 feet
  13. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  14. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  15. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 39th Street.

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