82nd Street & 16th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 82nd Street and 16th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Utrecht High School is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
86 St/16 Av · B1
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
82nd Street & 16th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/16 Av, 1,120 feet away, for the B1.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/16 Av B1
    1,120 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1601 86th Street Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 16th Avenue

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

West side of 16th Avenue

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

North side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi School
    750 feet
  2. New Utrecht High School
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Jmart Supermarket
    0.3 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 two places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 82nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.