Avenue J & East 16th Street

Avenue J and East 16th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Library is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
40 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Avenue J/E 16 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    40 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/E 16 St, 40 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 16 St B6, B11
    40 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

South side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305628, 311698, 313300 and 319900.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Touro University - Flatbush College
    140 feet
  2. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    280 feet
  3. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    790 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 16th Street.

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