Avenue T & East 16th Street

Avenue T and East 16th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Kelly Park Playground is 920 feet away, and William E Kelly Monument is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
880 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Avenue U/E 16 St · B3
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    880 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    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 Avenue U/E 16 St, 900 feet away, for the B3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 16 St B3
    900 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1933.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

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

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308812 and 318544.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nefesh Academy School
    370 feet
  2. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    710 feet
  3. St Edmund Elementary School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Nur Kids Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Becec School
    1,140 feet
  3. Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  4. P.S. 153 Homecrest School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1413 Avenue T Older adult center
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and eight 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 T 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.