4th Avenue & 6th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 6th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 239 firehouse is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them schools, and 40 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
4 Av/4 St · B103
Within a walk
14 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    770 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Union St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/4 St, 520 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/4 St B103
    520 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 3 St 39 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 6th Street

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

South side of 6th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    530 feet
  3. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 51 William Alexander School
    1,000 feet
  2. Al-Madinah School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Skate Park
    450 feet
  2. Washington Park
    580 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th Avenue or 6th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.