16th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk is 220 feet away, and Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
37 places
20 religious buildings, 10 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 miles
    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, 230 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
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 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the black oak and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

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 43rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    70 feet
  2. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    220 feet
  3. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    220 feet
Show all 17
  1. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    280 feet
  2. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    280 feet
  3. Bnos Peninim School
    350 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    390 feet
  5. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    410 feet
  6. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    470 feet
  7. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    810 feet
  8. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    880 feet
  9. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  10. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  11. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    1,040 feet
  12. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  13. Bais Shifra School
    1,090 feet
  14. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls School
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 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 43rd 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.