16th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Peninim is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
38 places
20 religious buildings, 10 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,170 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
    0.4 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, 70 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,170 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Peninim School
    90 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    150 feet
Show all 17
  1. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    210 feet
  2. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    310 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    310 feet
  4. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  5. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    530 feet
  6. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    530 feet
  7. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    550 feet
  8. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    830 feet
  9. Bais Shifra School
    830 feet
  10. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  11. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    910 feet
  12. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  13. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  14. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 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 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 42nd 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.