16th Avenue & Benson Avenue
The four-way crossing of 16th Avenue and Benson Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/16 Av, is 810 feet away for the B1, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/16 Av, 810 feet away, for the B1.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/16 Av B1810 feetB1
Next buses at this stop
- B1 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1601 86th Street Gas station940 feet
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
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
- 23 feet above sea level
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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 February 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 Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars School750 feet
- District 20 Pre-K Center at 21 Bay 11th Street Pre-K center770 feet
- P.S. 163 Bath Beach School950 feet
Show all 4
- Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 51,220 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Dynasty Supermarket0.3 miles
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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:
- Benson Avenue & Bay 11th Street 260 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 13th Street 290 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 10th Street 520 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 14th Street 580 feet
- 15th Avenue & Benson Avenue 780 feet
- 16th Avenue & Bath Avenue 780 feet
- 86th Street & 16th Avenue 790 feet
- 17th Avenue & Benson Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along 16th Avenue or Benson Avenue.