16th Avenue & 51st Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 51st Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Minyan Mir is 830 feet away, and Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/16 Av, is 360 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 32 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
50 St/16 Av · B11
Within a walk
37 places
32 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/16 Av, 360 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2 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
    980 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of 51st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 51st 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: 303180 and 319198.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 32 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    890 feet
  2. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    1,120 feet
  3. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    870 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 51st 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.