65th Street & 16th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 65th Street and 16th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 7,635 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 62 St/New Utrecht Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the D and N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
62 St/New Utrecht Av
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · D, N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
60 St/16 Av · B9
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & 16th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 62 St/New Utrecht Av, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    1,270 feet
    D N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av N
    1,280 feet
    N
  2. 71 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Nature Rail” (2012) by Andrea Dezsö and “Nature Wall” (2019) by Andrea Dezsö at the 62 St/New Utrecht Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/16 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B9.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/16 Av B9 · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    B9
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 7,635 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 91st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,765 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on 65th Street4,5772,326
Westbound on 65th Street3,0581,439
Total7,6353,765

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 16th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 65th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 65th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow School
    330 feet
  2. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls School
    900 feet
  3. Yaldeinu School (The) School
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bais Sarah School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Cong. Machne Chaim Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Congregation Machne Chaim School
    1,030 feet
  4. Yeshiva Toldos Yesuscher School
    1,120 feet
  5. Cong Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel School
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 65th Street.

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