16th Street & Jackson Place

The three-way junction of 16th Street and Jackson Place is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 770 feet to 6/15 Green Community Garden. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
7 Av/15 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
16th Street & Jackson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/15 St, 410 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/15 St B67, B69
    410 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 7 Ave 24 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 16th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Jackson Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jackson Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1884 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    760 feet
  2. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    770 feet
  3. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Purple Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) Armory Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Street or Jackson Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.