New Utrecht Avenue & Bay 16th Street

New Utrecht Avenue and Bay 16th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Utrecht High School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
18 Av/81 St · B8
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Utrecht Avenue & Bay 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St D
    730 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av D
    1,120 feet
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/81 St, 840 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/81 St B8
    840 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1601 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 16th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. Kind Start Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. New Utrecht High School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Milestone Park
    760 feet
  2. Garibaldi Playground
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Bay 16th Street or New Utrecht Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.