Avenue S & East 16th Street

Avenue S and East 16th Street meet at a three-way junction in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue S · B49, BM3
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue S, 1,180 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue S B49, BM3
    1,180 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
17 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    660 feet
  2. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    690 feet
  3. Nefesh Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1413 Avenue T Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

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 S or East 16th 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.