East 16th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 16th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 16 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1958, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
390 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Foster Av/E 16 St · B8
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    390 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
    0.4 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, 570 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1931 and 1958.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Newkirk Avenue (south side).

East side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304638, 304639, 309009 and 336164.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1905 and 1911.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    570 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    400 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 16th Street or Newkirk Avenue.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.