85th Street & Bay 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and Bay 16th Street is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New Utrecht Reformed Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
86 St/17 Av · B1
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & Bay 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    580 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 20 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bensonhurst Gardens” (2012) by Francesco Simeti at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/17 Av, 460 feet away, for the B1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/17 Av B1
    460 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    380 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2019.

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)
Bath Beach
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 85th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Bay 16th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay 16th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Sunshine Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. American Language School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garibaldi Playground
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Utrecht Library
    380 feet
  2. New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Listed historic place
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 85th Street or Bay 16th Street.

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