West 16th Street & Private Catanzaro Square
West 16th Street and Private Catanzaro Square meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Private Anthony Catanzaro Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Bay 50 St D820 feetD
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- D …
Coney Island
1 line- D …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/Bay 50 St, 570 feet away, for the B64.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Harway Av/Bay 50 St B64570 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.
- 2978 Cropsey Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 60
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (South)
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Private Anthony Catanzaro Square, a co-naming enacted on October 30, 1963 (Local Law 59 of 1963).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Private Anthony Catanzaro Square.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody School290 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- West 16th Street & Bay 50th Street 120 feet
- Bay 50th Street & Private Catanzaro Square 120 feet
- West 17th Street & Bay 50th Street 310 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 50th Street 520 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 49th Street 770 feet
- Avenue Z & West 16th Street 780 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 50th Street 790 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 50th Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Private Catanzaro Square or West 16th Street.