East 16th Street & Voorhies Avenue

East 16th Street and Voorhies Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Bay Library is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
390 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Voorhies Av/E 14 St · B4, B49
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Voorhies Av/E 14 St, 490 feet away, for the B4 and B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Voorhies Av/E 14 St B4, B49
    490 feet
    B4 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 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, 780 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    280 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
7 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.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 16th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Voorhies Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307239, 313754 and 317338.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Edp School of Computer Programming Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Nata's Kids Preschool
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Sixteen Lindens Triangle
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.