16th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 55th 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. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
60 St/16 Av · B9
Within a walk
34 places
24 religious buildings, 7 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 55 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/16 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/16 Av B9 · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    B9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue 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
    1.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Turn calming, July 2024

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
50 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 55th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of 55th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    180 feet
  3. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    260 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. K231 School
    440 feet
  2. The Seeall Academy School
    440 feet
  3. Tomer Dvora School - Site 1 School
    890 feet
  4. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    910 feet
  5. Kiddie City Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
  6. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight 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 55th Street.

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