16th Avenue & Bath Avenue
The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and Bath Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, and is also named Rita Blau Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 163 Bath Beach is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bath Av/16 Av, is 120 feet away for the B64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/16 Av, 120 feet away, for the B64.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bath Av/16 Av B64120 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bath Avenue.
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1601 86th Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 62
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bath Beach
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Rita Blau Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rita Blau Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 16th Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of 16th Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Bath Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Bath Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 5450 feet
- New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K940 feet
- P.S. 163 Bath Beach School1,240 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Food Dynasty Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight 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:
- Bath Avenue & Bay 11th Street 260 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 13th Street 290 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 10th Street 520 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 14th Street 580 feet
- 16th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue 690 feet
- 16th Avenue & Benson Avenue 780 feet
- 15th Avenue & Bath Avenue 780 feet
- 17th Avenue & Bath Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along 16th Avenue or Bath Avenue.