6th Avenue & 11th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 11th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and is also named Pietro Sclafani Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Park Slope United Methodist Church is 860 feet away, and the Engine 220/Ladder 122 firehouse is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
9 St/6 Av · B61
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av F, G
    1,250 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.4 miles
    F G R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 St/6 Av, 610 feet away, for the B61.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 St/6 Av B61
    610 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 12 St 29 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
96 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pietro Sclafani Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2021 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pietro Sclafani Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 11th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 11th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 6th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301539 and 303514.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beansprouts Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Park Slope Little Learners Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  3. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 039 Henry Bristow School
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Library Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Public School 39 Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Park Slope United Methodist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Prospect Park YMCA Recreation center
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 11th Street or 6th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.