6th Avenue & 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 17th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Purple Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
5 Av/18 St · B63
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/18 St, 950 feet away, for the B63.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/18 St B63
    950 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 17 St & 5 Ave 25 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 106 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 17th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 17th Street

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

West side of 6th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 295 School
    650 feet
Show all 10
  1. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    920 feet
  4. P.S. K053 School
    920 feet
  5. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,170 feet
  6. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,170 feet
  7. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Purple Playground
    50 feet
  2. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    120 feet
  3. Slope Park Playground
    300 feet
Show all 5
  1. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    960 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and nine 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 17th Street or 6th Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.