16th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 50th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sons Judah Congregation is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/16 Av, is 120 feet away for the B11, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 29 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
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
50 St/16 Av · B11
Within a walk
35 places
29 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/16 Av, 120 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/16 Av B11 · Countdown sign
    120 feet
    B11
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
48 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 47 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2025, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 16th Avenue

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

North side of 50th Street

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

South side of 50th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303180 and 319198.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 29 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    1,150 feet
  2. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 50th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.