16th Avenue & 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 48th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 49 St/16 Av, is 340 feet away for the B11, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 27 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
49 St/16 Av · B11
Within a walk
40 places
27 religious buildings, 11 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/16 Av, 340 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/16 Av B11
    340 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of 48th Street

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

South side of 48th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318890 and 322087.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 27 religious buildings
  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    550 feet
  3. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 13
  1. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  3. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    1,170 feet
  5. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    1,170 feet
  6. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  8. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  9. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  10. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1668 46th Street Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 48th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.