16th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 46th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Holy Spirit Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 26 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
49 St/16 Av · B11
Within a walk
44 places
26 religious buildings, 10 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 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 49 St/16 Av, 860 feet away, for the B11.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/16 Av B11
    860 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
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
52 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 46th Street

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

South side of 46th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305919, 313335 and 322119.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 26 religious buildings
  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    620 feet
  2. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    650 feet
Show all 18
  1. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    650 feet
  2. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1668 46th Street Pre-K center
    740 feet
  5. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,000 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,000 feet
  7. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  8. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls School
    1,030 feet
  9. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet
  10. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  11. Bnos Peninim School
    1,130 feet
  12. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  13. Beth Jacob High School
    1,180 feet
  14. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet
  15. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 46th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.