65th Street & West 6th Street

The three-way junction of 65th Street and West 6th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Academy for Special Children is 930 feet away, and Elyon College is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them schools, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
630 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
13 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & West 6th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    630 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/65 St, 390 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    390 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West 6th Street.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019
  • Turn calming, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 65th Street (north side).

South side of 65th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 6th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308440, 309942, 313304 and 319591.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    610 feet
  2. Bais Esther School 2 School
    760 feet
  3. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    930 feet
  3. Elyon College
    940 feet
  4. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    940 feet
  5. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 65th Street or West 6th Street.

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