16th Avenue & 57th Street

The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and 57th 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. The Seeall Academy is 270 feet away, and Sons Judah Congregation is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 62 St/New Utrecht Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D and N. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
62 St/New Utrecht Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D, N
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
60 St/16 Av · B9
Within a walk
36 places
20 religious buildings, 10 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Avenue & 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 62 St/New Utrecht Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 miles
    D N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N
  2. 55 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Nature Rail” (2012) by Andrea Dezsö and “Nature Wall” (2019) by Andrea Dezsö at the 62 St/New Utrecht Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/16 Av, 810 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/16 Av B9 · Countdown sign
    810 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
    1.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 57th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K231 School
    270 feet
  2. The Seeall Academy School
    270 feet
  3. Tomer Dvora School - Site 1 School
    370 feet
Show all 15
  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    650 feet
  2. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    700 feet
  4. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    780 feet
  5. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  6. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  7. Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka School
    1,010 feet
  8. Bais Sarah School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  9. Cong. Machne Chaim Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    1,150 feet
  11. Congregation Machne Chaim School
    1,220 feet
  12. Congregation Yeshiva Darkei Chaim School
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places 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 57th 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.