5th Avenue & 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 16th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Free Methodist Church is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/15 St · B63
Within a walk
21 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    1,140 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.5 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/15 St, 180 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/15 St B63 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 5th Avenue.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 14 St & 5 Ave 21 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 16th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of 16th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302859, 333636, 333637 and 338567.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 9
  1. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,010 feet
  4. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,010 feet
  5. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
  6. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Purple Playground
    490 feet
  2. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    670 feet
  3. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Street or 5th Avenue.

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