East 16th Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 16th Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
970 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Foster Av/E 16 St · B8
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    970 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/E 16 St, 1,150 feet away, for the B8.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 16 St B8 · Shelter
    1,150 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 16th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Ditmas Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 333 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1903 and 1906.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    870 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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