16th Avenue & 56th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 56th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. K231 is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,070 feet
60 St/16 Av · B9
Within a walk
35 places
22 religious buildings, 8 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 55 St D
    0.5 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, 1,070 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/16 Av B9 · Countdown sign
    1,070 feet
    B9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    0.5 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
49 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 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 56th Street

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

South side of 56th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY SCHOOL FACULTY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K231 School
    180 feet
  2. The Seeall Academy School
    180 feet
  3. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
Show all 12
  1. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    440 feet
  2. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    520 feet
  3. Tomer Dvora School - Site 1 School
    630 feet
  4. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    650 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    1,030 feet
  6. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  7. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  8. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  9. Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka School
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 56th 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.