East 16th Street & Cortelyou Road

East 16th Street and Cortelyou Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot is 800 feet away, and the Engine 281/Ladder 147 firehouse is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
170 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 16th Street & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    170 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    1,160 feet
    Q
  2. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St, 640 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    640 feet
    B103 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
34 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310125 and 330926.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 120 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1901 and 1904.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty School
    880 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cortelyou Library
    820 feet
  2. Beverley Road Subway Station (BRT Pre-Dual System) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Church of the Holy Innocents Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    100 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or East 16th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.