Avenue M & East 16th Street

Avenue M and East 16th Street meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov Academy is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
100 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue M/E 15 St · B9
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    100 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 15 St, 50 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 15 St B9
    50 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on Avenue M (north side).

South side of Avenue M

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

East 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306487, 310693, 311979 and 321767.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    170 feet
  2. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. Ivdu Elementary School
    720 feet
Show all 10
  1. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    750 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    920 feet
  4. Edward R. Murrow High School
    980 feet
  5. Bereshith Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,150 feet
  7. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 31 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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