Kings Highway & East 16th Street

Kings Highway and East 16th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,404 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. The Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 firehouse is 720 feet away, and Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them trade or language schools, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
110 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Kings Hwy/E 16 St · B7
Within a walk
27 places
10 trade or language schools, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    110 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 “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 16 St, 50 feet away, for the B7.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 16 St B7
    50 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, every day.

Cycling

  • 50 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,404 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 100th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 286 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1950.

Since 2014 at least 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

West side of East 16th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of Kings Highway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306079, 315008 and 317896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    390 feet
  3. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    660 feet
Show all 19
  1. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    440 feet
  3. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    520 feet
  4. Ip Training Trade or language school
    700 feet
  5. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  6. Yeshiva of Belle Harbor School
    990 feet
  7. Bet Yaakov Mekor Haim School
    1,030 feet
  8. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    1,040 feet
  9. Viva Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  10. Dialexton School of Allied Health PR Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  11. Magic Touch Beauty Inst Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  12. Touch Beauty School (The) Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  13. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  14. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    1,180 feet
  15. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  16. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square
    1,090 feet
  2. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    370 feet
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    670 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    90 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    520 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 37 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 16th Street or Kings Highway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.