53rd Street & 16th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and 16th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and is also named Zichron Kedoshim Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sons Judah Congregation is 140 feet away, and the Seeall Academy is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/16 Av, is 880 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 27 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
50 St/16 Av · B11
Within a walk
32 places
27 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Street & 16th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/16 Av, 880 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/16 Av B11 · Countdown sign
    880 feet
    B11
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Turn calming, July 2024

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

This corner is also named Zichron Kedoshim Square, a co-naming enacted on July 13, 1998 (Local Law 28 of 1998).

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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Zichron Kedoshim Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 53rd Street

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

South side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313748.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 27 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    360 feet
  2. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    600 feet
  3. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. K231 School
    960 feet
  2. The Seeall Academy School
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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:

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 53rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.