6th Avenue & 19th Street

The four-way crossing of 6th Avenue and 19th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Slope Park Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them schools, and 23 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
5 Av/18 St · B63
Within a walk
18 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
6th Avenue & 19th 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 eight minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 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, 820 feet away, for the B63.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 21 St 27 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 830 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
116 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.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 19th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 19th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 6th Avenue

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

West side of 6th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    390 feet
  3. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. K053 School
    650 feet
  2. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,010 feet
  4. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,010 feet
  5. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  6. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Slope Park Playground
    50 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    570 feet
  3. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.