6th Avenue & 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 16th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them day care or pre-K sites, and 39 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
7 Av/15 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
20 places
11 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G
  2. 7 Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/15 St, 930 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/15 St B67, B69
    930 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 12 St 29 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 16th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 16th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and mostly built in 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Beansprouts of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 11
  1. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  4. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  5. Maven Valley Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  6. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  7. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  8. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    260 feet
  2. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    600 feet
  3. Purple Playground
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Slope Park Playground
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    490 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 16th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.