16th Avenue & 41st Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 41st Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
39 places
20 religious buildings, 13 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    910 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, 320 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    920 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
    1,130 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer 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 February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 41st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 41st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 13 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    100 feet
  2. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    110 feet
  3. Bnos Peninim School
    210 feet
Show all 18
  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    290 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    390 feet
  3. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    570 feet
  4. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    570 feet
  5. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  6. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    800 feet
  7. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    800 feet
  8. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    890 feet
  9. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    980 feet
  10. Bais Shifra School
    980 feet
  11. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  12. Gan Yisroel School
    1,090 feet
  13. Kochavim School
    1,090 feet
  14. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    1,160 feet
  15. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 41st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.