16th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 40th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and nine 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
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
34 places
17 religious buildings, 12 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    650 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

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 16 Av/42 St, 590 feet away, for the B11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 16 Av/42 St B11
    590 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    870 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    100 feet
  2. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    360 feet
  3. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    370 feet
Show all 16
  1. Bnos Peninim School
    470 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  3. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    830 feet
  4. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    830 feet
  5. Gan Yisroel School
    830 feet
  6. Kochavim School
    830 feet
  7. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  8. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    960 feet
  9. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,040 feet
  10. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    1,060 feet
  11. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    1,060 feet
  12. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  13. Bais Shifra School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    690 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and nine 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 40th 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.