Avenue K & East 16th Street

Avenue K and East 16th Street meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
920 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Avenue J/E 16 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    920 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave M Q
    0.5 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, 890 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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 1,100 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 16th Street

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

West side of East 16th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308838 and 313882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    730 feet
  2. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Touro University - Flatbush College
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K or East 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.